Early Human Kinship: From Sex to Social Reproduction

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 Structure.

3 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 Importance of Kinship in Monkey Society (Amanda H. Korstjens).

9 Meaning and Relevance of Kinship in Great Apes (Julia Lehmann).

10 Grandmothering and Female Coalitions: A Basis for Matrilineal Priority? (Kit Opie and Camilla Power).

PART IV Reconstructions: Evidence from Cultural Practice and Language.

11 A Phylogenetic Approach to the History of Cultural Practices (Laura Fortunato).

12 Reconstructing Ancient Kinship in Africa (Christopher Ehret).

13 The Co-evolution of Language and Kinship (Alan Barnard).

EPILOGUE.

Reaching across the Gaps (Hilary Callan).

Appendices to Chapter 12.

Bibliography.

Index.