Social DNA : rethinking our evolutionary past /

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What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, M. Kay, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2019.
Subjects:
Social evolution.
Human evolution.
Brain > Evolution.
Kinship.
Évolution sociale.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Parenté.
kinship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
Brain > Evolution
Human evolution
Kinship
Social evolution
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : some givens
  • Perspectives on anisogamy
  • First families
  • Paleoecology and emergence of genus homo
  • Paleolithic dinner pairings : red or white?
  • Signature hominin traits
  • Kinship and paleolithic legends
  • Kinship as social technology
  • Epilogue.

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