Early human kinship
Subtitle: from sex to social reproduction
By: edited by Nicholas J. Allen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Allen, Nicholas J.
Publisher: Blackwell; Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781405179010
Subjects: Kinship; Prehistoric peoples; Human evolution
Description: "Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. The volume takes as its starting point the evolutionary link between enlarged brain capacity and the ability of human ancestors to support increasingly large population groups. It then moves beyond traditional Darwinian questions to ask how far early humans might have organized these groups according to rules about mating and social reproduction of a kind that we would recognize today."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.