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Originally Posted by teevee
I would argue greed is part of resource acquisition, which conversely to territoriality, is something every organism must engage in.
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I've got to agree with Albert that greed evolved from territoriality. Without the need for territory and the resources within a certain territory by a particular animal or group of animals, there would be no basis for greed to become part of the equation for early hominids. But, then, I have not read the stuff Quinn is reading, so I am only expressing an opinion based on what makes sense to me.
However, if Quinn is talking genetics here to define the distinction between greed and territory, then we must apply the theory of evolution to the territoriality gene to become an offshoot of the greed gene, imo.
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Originally Posted by teevee
I expect at some point in history, early hominids began to collect more resources (food, water, firewood, etc.) than what was required for the collector alone, in order to share with kin and other group members, and to store for times of hardship.
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Totally agree here that hominids, at some point, began to store certain resources for times of hardship. However, am not sure how early this would have taken place. For a very long time, hominids and humans were hunter/gatherers and led a nomadic lifestyle. Some cultures even today are nomadic, though they are increasingly being pressured into settling into one place by the invasion of the modern world.
With the development of agriculture, only 12,000 to 14,000 years ago, and the storing of grain for use during upcoming non-harvesting seasons, life change dramatically for many humans. These early humans would have demanded a certain fixed territory for crop production. To me, the development of agriculture has caused the most dynamic change in human behaviour since the taming of fire and tool making much earlier in our evolution.