03358nam 2200625 450 991014583110332120230107122952.01-282-68465-597866126846541-4443-0271-X1-4443-0272-8(CKB)1000000000715949(EBL)416402(OCoLC)476247800(SSID)ssj0000661985(PQKBManifestationID)12249480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000661985(PQKBWorkID)10712612(PQKB)10502438(MiAaPQ)EBC416402(MiAaPQ)EBC7076171(Au-PeEL)EBL7076171(EXLCZ)99100000000071594920230107d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly human kinship from sex to social reproduction /edited by Nicholas J. Allen [and three others]Malden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Pub.,[2008]©20081 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4443-3878-1 1-4051-7901-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-301) and index.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. GowlettPart 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 ImportancEarly 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: WPrehistoric peoplesKinshipHuman evolutionPrehistoric peoples.Kinship.Human evolution.306.83Allen N. J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145831103321Early human kinship2999030UNINA