Social anthropology and human origins

If chimps could talk

Fossils and what they tell us

Group size and settlement

Teaching, sharing and exchange

Origins of language and symbolism

Elementary structures of kinship

A new synthesis.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. If chimps could talk; 3. Fossils and what they tell us; 4. The brain and group size; 5. Teaching, sharing and exchange; 6. Origins of language and symbolism; 7. Elementary structures of kinship; 8. A new synthesis; 9. Conclusions.