Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: OUR ELUSIVE HIERARCHIES

1. A Level with a View

2. Why Study Hierarchies?

3. Hierarchies at a Glance

4. Hidden in Plain Sight

5. A Common Language

PART TWO: SUPER-SLEUTHS

6. Sleuths on the Trail

7. CLUES I

8. Diversity: Let’s Get to Know Each Other

9. Family and Community: A Job Well Done

10. Human Shapes: Our Bodies Are Beautiful

11. CLUES II

12. Politics: Not as Usual

13. Resources: Who’s Benefiting?

14. CLUES III

15. Sexuality: It That’s All There Is

16. Violence: Stop It as the Top

17. Corporations: There’s More to Life than Staying High

18. CLUES IV

19. Math: It Adds Up to a Hierarchy

20. Religion: Where Does God Come From?

21. Lifestyles: There’s Freedom in Simplicity

PART THREE: A GLOBAL VIEW

22. The United States: Clueless to the World?

23. Earth Speaks: There’s Another World Out There

CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX