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UNINA9910145831103321 |
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Titolo |
Early human kinship : from sex to social reproduction / / edited by Nicholas J. Allen [and three others] |
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Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-68465-5 |
9786612684654 |
1-4443-0271-X |
1-4443-0272-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prehistoric peoples |
Kinship |
Human evolution |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-301) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Wendy James; A Brief Overview of Human Evolution John A. J. Gowlett and Robin Dunbar; Part I Where and When The Archaeological Evidence for Early Social Life in Africa; 1 Kinship and Material Culture Archaeological Implications of the Human Global Diaspora Clive Gamble; 2 Deep Roots of Kin Developing the Evolutionary Perspective from Prehistory John A. J. Gowlett |
Part II Women, Children, Men – and the Puzzles of Comparative Social Structure3 Early Human Kinship was Matrilineal Chris Knight; 4 Alternating Birth Classes A Note from Eastern Africa Wendy James; 5 Tetradic Theory and the Origin of Human Kinship Systems Nicholas J. Allen; 6 What Can Ethnography Tell Us about Human Social Evolution? Robert Layton; Part III Other Primates and the Biological Approach; 7 Kinship in Biological Perspective Robin Dunbar; 8 The Importanc |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading |
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