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Summary

Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society. A major new collaboration between specialists across the range of the human sciences including evolutionary biology and psychology; social/cultural anthropology; archaeology and linguistics Provides a ground-breaking set of original studies offering a new perspective on early human history Debates fundamental questions about early human society: Was there a connection between the beginnings of language and the beginnings of organized 'kinship and marriage'? How far did evolutionary selection favor gender and generation as principles for regulating social relations? Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in conjunction with the British Academy

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction and Background
Why 'Kinship'? New Questions on an Old Topic
A Brief Overview of Human Evolution
Where and When: the Archaeological Evidence for Early Social Life in Africa
Kinship and Material Culture: Archaeological Implications of the Human Global Diaspora
Deep Roots of Kin - Developing the Evolutionary Perspective from Prehistory
Women, Children, Men: and the Puzzles of Comparative Social Structure
Early Human Kinship was Matrilineal
Alternating Birth Classes: A Note from Eastern Africa
Tetradic Theory and the Origin of Human Kinship Systems
What Can Ethnography Tell us about Human Social Evolution?
Other Primates and the Biological Approach
Kinship in Biological Perspective
The Importance of Kinship in Monkey Society
Meaning and Relevance of Kinship in Great Apes
Grandmothering and Female Coalitions: A Basis for Matrilineal Priority?
Reconstructions: Evidence from Cultural Practice and Language
A Phylogenetic Approach to the History of Cultural Practices
Reconstructing Ancient Kinship in Africa
The Co-evolution of Language and Kinship
Epilogue
Reaching Across the Gaps
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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