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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Robin Dunbar, Chris Knight, and Camilla Power Klappentext This new series presents innovative titles pertaining to human origins! evolution! and behavior from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Subject areas include but are not limited to biological and physical anthropology! prehistoric archaeology! evolutionary psychology! behavioral ecology! and evolutionary biology. The series volumes will be of interest primarily to students and scholars in these fields. Zusammenfassung Explains the origins! evolution and character of human culture! from language! art! music and ritual to the use of technology and the beginnings of social! political and economic behaviour. This book is concerned not only with where and when human culture evolved! but also asks how and why. Inhaltsverzeichnis The contributors Preface 1. An evolutionary approach to human culture Part I. The Evolution of Society 2. The evolution of social organization 3. Symbolism as reference and symbolism as culture 4. Modern hunter-gatherers and early symbolic culture Part II. The Evolution of Art and Religion 5. Sexual selection for cultural displays 6. 'Beauty magic': the origins of art 7. The origin of symbolic culture 8. Symbolism and the supernatural Part III. The Evolution of Language 9. The evolution of language and languages 10. Culture, honesty and the freerider problem 11. Language variation and the volution of societies 12. Sex and language as pretend-play Further reading Author index Subject index
