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Tables of Contents for The Evolution of Culture
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The contributors
vii
4
Preface
xi
1 An evolutionary approach to human culture
1
14
Chris Knight
Robin Dunbar
Camilla Power
PART I THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY
15
56
2 The evolution of social organization
15
19
Catherine A. Key
Leslie C. Aiello
3 Symbolism as reference and symbolism as culture
34
16
Philip G. Chase
4 Modern hunter-gatherers and early symbolic culture
50
21
Alan Barnard
PART II THE EVOLUTION OF ART AND RELIGION
71
102
5 Sexual selection for cultural displays
71
21
Geoffrey F. Miller
6 `Beauty magic': the origins of art
92
21
Camilla Power
7 The origin of symbolic culture
113
34
Ian Watts
8 Symbolism and the supernatural
147
26
Steven Mithen
PART III THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE
173
75
9 The evolution of language and languages
173
21
James R. Hurford
10 Culture, honesty and the freerider problem
194
20
Robin Dunbar
11 Language variation and the evolution of societies
214
14
Daniel Nettle
12 Sex and language as pretend-play
228
20
Chris Knight
Further reading
248
3
Author index
251
2
Subject index
253