Kinship and human evolution : making culture, becoming human

Kinship and human evolution : making culture, becoming human / Steen Bergendorff.

Kinship and Human Evolution offers an exciting new explanation of how Homo became sapiens or "cultured" beings capable of symbolic thought. This book argues that the key to understanding human evolution and culture lies in kinship-based exchange networks, which were part of an adaptive res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergendorff, Steen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Kinship.
Human evolution.
kinship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Human evolution
Kinship
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Introduction; The Record of Human Evolution; Connecting Niches by Kinship; Kinship and Exchange; From Kinship to Culture; Local Strategies and Culture: The Mekeo of Papua New Guinea; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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