The theory of social unity

Abstract

The origin and nature of society: The evoluationary origin of man doubtless lies somewhere in the middle or late miocene. (1). It is commonly held, and is doubtless true, that this remote mutant type of the human stook lived in groups. The requirements of reproduction, defense, and food getting according to Professor Ellwood, made the life-process "essentilly social from the start." (2) Group life fundamentally a biological requirement. Hence, the reproductive process comes to figure as the very foundation of society or, again to quote Professor Ellwood, it is "the keystone of the arch in general sociology." (3) It appears, therefore, that the life-process was essentially social from the start, because in at least the fundamental biologic phases, the activities of individuals were necessarily coordinated. On this pruely biological level, then, society first appers.