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Encephalization and Division of Labor by Early Humans

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John Hartwick () (Queen's University)

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We draw on Ricardian comparative advantage between distinct persons to map out the division of labor among proto-humans in a village some 1.7 million years ago. A person specialized in maintaining a cooking fire in the village is of particular interest (Ofek [2001]). We are also interested in modelling hunting by village males in teams. The large issue is whether and how specialization (division of labor) and interpersonal trade might have driven brain-expansion in early humans.

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Paper provided by Queen's University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 1161.

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Length: 26 pages
Date of creation: Nov 2007
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Keywords: early humans division of labor brain expansion

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