Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology in 1949 from the University of Michigan

Master’s degree in 1952.

Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1957 from the University of Michigan.

• Carneiro's theory of the state of formation - "Carneiro's Circumscription Theory", earned him the recognition of being called one of the most important evolutionists.

• Carneiro greatly influenced the theory of cultural evolution.

• Some his published works are:

  • The Transition from Quantity to Quality: A Neglected Causal Mechanism in Accounting for Social Evolution (2000).

  • A Theory of the Origin on the State (1970).

  • On the Relationship Between Size of Population and Complexity of Social Organization (1986).