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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: M. Kay MartinPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781789207576ISBN 10: 1789207576 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Some Givens Chapter 1. Perspectives on Anisogamy Chapter 2. First Families Chapter 3. Paleoecology and Emergence of Genus Homo Chapter 4. Paleolithic Dinner Pairings: Red or White? Chapter 5. Signature Hominin Traits Chapter 6. Kinship and Paleolithic Legends Chapter 7. Kinship as Social Technology Epilogue Endnotes Bibliography IndexReviewsExploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, [this volume] presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins, thereby challenging models that trace our beginnings to traits shaped by ancient hunting economies, or to genetic platforms shared with contemporary apes... [The author] has drawn upon an impressive body of research to provide an exceptionally informed and informative overview respecting the evolution of the human species that will prove to be a valued addition to community and academic library Anthropology collections and supplemental studies lists. Midwest Book Review Author InformationM. Kay Martin has a diversified research, planning, and management background in the academic, public, and private sectors; she has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has since held executive posts in applied anthropology, environmental research, resource conservation, and other fields. She was the principal author of Female of the Species (1975, Columbia University Press) and has also published ethnohistorical and cross-cultural studies on foraging societies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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