Early human kinship : from sex to social reproduction
Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute, in conjunction with the British Academy, 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...
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Kinship and material culture : archaeological implications of the human global Diaspora
- 2. Deep roots of kin : developing the evolutionary perspective from prehistory
- 3. Early human kinship was matrilineal
- 4. Alternating birth classes : a note from eastern Africa
- 5. Tetradic theory and the origin of human kinship systems
- 6. What can ethnography tell us about human social evolution?
- 7. Kinship in biological perspective
- 8. The importance of kinship in monkey society
- 9. Meaning and relevance of kinship in great apes
- 10. Grandmothering and female coalitions : a basis for matrilineal priority?
- 11. A phylogenetic approach to the history of cultural practices
- 12. Reconstructing ancient kinship in Africa
- 13. The co-evolution of language and kinship