Early human kinship : from sex to social reproduction /
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| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Why "kinship"? : new questions on an old topic / Wendy James
- A brief overview of human evolution / John A.J. Gowlett and Robin Dunbar
- Kinship and material culture / archaeological implications of the human global diaspora / Clive Gamble
- Deep roots of kin : developing the evolutionary perspective from prehistory / John A.J. Gowlett
- Early human kinship was matrilineal / Chris Knight
- Alternating birth classes : a note from eastern Africa / Wendy James
- Tetradic theory and the origin of human kinship systems / Nicholas J. Allen
- What can ethnography tell us about human social evolution / Bob Layton
- Kinship in biological perspective / Robin Dunbar
- The importance of kinship in monkey society / Mandy Korstjens
- The meaning and relevance of kinship in great apes / Julia Lehmann
- Grandmothering and female coalitions : a basis for matrilineal priority? / Kit Opie and Camilla Power
- A phylogenetic approach to the history of cultural practices / Laura Fortunato
- Reconstructing ancient kinship in Africa / Christ Ehret
- The co-evolution of language and kinship / Alan Barnard
- Epilogue : reaching across the gaps / Hilary Callan.