
Early Human Kinship: From Sex to Social Reproduction
by Editor: Nicholas J. Allen (University of Oxford, UK); Editor: Hilary Callan (Royal Anthropological Institute, UK); Editor: Robin Dunbar (University of Oxford, UK); Editor: Wendy James (University of Oxford, UK)Rent Textbook
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Summary
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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