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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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Pubblicazione: | Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2008] |
©2008 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.83 |
Soggetto topico: | Prehistoric peoples |
Kinship | |
Human evolution | |
Persona (resp. second.): | AllenN. J. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-301) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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: W |
Titolo autorizzato: | Early human kinship ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-68465-5 |
9786612684654 | |
1-4443-0271-X | |
1-4443-0272-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996208655403316 |
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