Social Anthropology and Human Origins

ISBN-13: 9780521765312 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 198 str.

Alan Barnard

Opis

In this powerful study the distinguished social anthropologist Alan Barnard addresses the fundamental questions surrounding the evolution of human society.

Recenzje

'… a well-informed and considered treatment of the social issues of concern … This is a stimulating book, and it should be read and taken seriously by anyone who works on human origins … Barnard provides good justification that social anthropology could be very powerful in understanding human evolution at its grandest scale.' Journal of African Archaeology

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. If chimps could talk; 3. Fossils and what they tell us; 4. The brain and group size; 5. Teaching, sharing and exchange; 6. Origins of language and symbolism; 7. Elementary structures of kinship; 8. A new synthesis; 9. Conclusions.