Society Against Nature: The Emergence of Human SocietiesHarvester Press, 1976 - 158 pages |
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... organization for the transmission and reception of orders , information or ... social world is stored for later use . The communicative function makes use ... organization of communal relations . Linguistic statement was ...
... organization for the transmission and reception of orders , information or ... social world is stored for later use . The communicative function makes use ... organization of communal relations . Linguistic statement was ...
Page 69
... social organization . Thus social reproduction fulfils a specific function while diverging from natural reproduction . The latter mediates between the species and the environment so that specific qualities recur with undiminished ...
... social organization . Thus social reproduction fulfils a specific function while diverging from natural reproduction . The latter mediates between the species and the environment so that specific qualities recur with undiminished ...
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... social organization common to both primate and man became exclusively human . This is remarkable only for the repercussions it has had , not because it represents a total innovation . The social process has changed and so has the ...
... social organization common to both primate and man became exclusively human . This is remarkable only for the repercussions it has had , not because it represents a total innovation . The social process has changed and so has the ...
Contents
Early Primates | 1 |
Societies Without Speech | 9 |
The Demands of Social Life | 15 |
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activities adaptation adolescents adult males affiliation societies alliances animal societies anthropoid aptitudes Australopithecus baboons basic become behaviour biological bipedalism cerebral cortex chimpanzees clan constitute created depends differentiation distinct division dominant male ecological emergence endogamy environment established Ethologists evolution evolutionary existence exogamy exploited fact foraging function gathering geladas genetic habitat hierarchy hominids Homo erectus human societies hunters hunting independent individual influence initiation instincts intellectual involved Jocasta kinship labour laws less Lévi-Strauss living maintain male and female man's Marcel Mauss marriage matrimonial monkeys monosexual mother mutations mutual natural selection non-reproductive objects observed pattern permanent phenomenon physical and anatomical population predacity prey primate primitive societies prohibition of incest relations relationships reproduction restricted rhesus monkeys rituals sexes sexual sexual intercourse sexual reproduction significance skills social organization social structure species status sub-group subordinate survival symbolic tendency territory Trobriand Islands unit women young