Early human kinship : from sex to social reproduction / / edited by Nicholas J. Allen [and three others]

• 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.: 9910145831103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II