AFTERWORD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Chapter 1 FORTY YEARS ON: BIOSOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY REVISITED 35
6. Chapter 2 RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDIES OF ETHNOBIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN CULTURAL COGNITION 59
7. Chapter 3 TOWARDS A THEORY OF EVERYTHING 84
8. Chapter 4 SEXUAL INSULT AND FEMALE MILITANCY 103
9. Chapter 5 WHO SEES THE ELEPHANT? SEXUAL EGALITARIANISM IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROOM 130
10. Chapter 6 FROM METAPHOR TO SYMBOLS AND GRAMMAR: THE CUMULATIVE CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE 153
11. Chapter 7 RECONSTRUCTING A SOURCE COSMOLOGY FOR AFRICAN HUNTER-GATHERERS 180
12. Chapter 8 SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT: RITUAL BELLS, THERIANTHROPES AND ELAND RELATIONS AMONG THE HADZA 204
13. Chapter 9 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, SAN SHAMANIC HEALING AND THE ‘COGNITIVE REVOLUTION’ 224
14. Chapter 10 RAIN SERPENTS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: A COMMON ANCESTRY? 248
15. Chapter 11 BEDOUIN MATRILINEALITY REVISITED 272
16. Chapter 12 ‘FROM LUCY TO LANGUAGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN’ AN OPEN INVITATION FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY TO JOIN THE EVOLUTIONARY DEBATE 293
17. AFTERWORD 319
18. INDEX 337