Stephanie Pappas is a moron if she thinks the original condition of those societies was freedom.
No ifs ands or buts.
Did Lower Testosterone Levels Correlate With Rise of Technology?
http://www.archaeology.org/news/2401-140804-testosterone-skull-brow-ridge
No, they didn’t.
The benefits of inequality
http://news.sciencemag.org/evolution/2014/08/benefits-inequality