Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Open Peer Commentary

Space, kinship, and mind

Giovanni Bennardoa1

a1 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. bennardo@niu.edu www.niu.edu/anthro/faculty_staff/faculty/bennardo.shtml

Abstract

In this commentary, I focus on Jones' suggestion of a close connection between the domain of space and that of kinship. I expand on that suggestion by introducing the concept of frame of reference and show how it can possibly participate to the generation of kinship systems.

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