Early Human Kinship

<i>Early Human Kinship</i> brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society. <ul> <li>A major new collaboration between specialists across the range of the human sciences including evolutionary biology and psychology; social/cultural anthropology; archaeology and linguistics</li> <li>Provides a ground-breaking set of original studies offering a new perspective on early human history</li> <li>Debates fundamental questions about early human society: Was there a connection between the beginnings of language and the beginnings of organized ‘kinship and marriage’? How far did evolutionary selection favor gender and generation as principles for regulating social relations?</li> <li>Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in conjunction with the British Academy</li> </ul>