Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyProfessor Harris - the leading theorist in cultural materialism - bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature - "America Now Updates" - turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students. |
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... Africa , with dates from 1.0 to 0.6 myr ( Hublin 1985 : 284 ) . It is now generally accepted that H. erectus originated in Africa and spread from there to Asia and Europe . As evidence from a growing number of sites in China and Java ...
... Africa , with dates from 1.0 to 0.6 myr ( Hublin 1985 : 284 ) . It is now generally accepted that H. erectus originated in Africa and spread from there to Asia and Europe . As evidence from a growing number of sites in China and Java ...
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... Africa until about 40,000 B.P. ( see Fig- ure 5.1 for a comparison of H. sapiens nean- dertalensis with H. erectus and H. sapiens . ) This time period coincides roughly with the last major Eurasian glaciation , and many an- atomical ...
... Africa until about 40,000 B.P. ( see Fig- ure 5.1 for a comparison of H. sapiens nean- dertalensis with H. erectus and H. sapiens . ) This time period coincides roughly with the last major Eurasian glaciation , and many an- atomical ...
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... Africa until after 4000 B.P. ( Sowunmi 1985 ; Phillipson 1985 ) . The earliest domesticated plants found in the dry areas of West Africa are millet and sorghum . After 3500 B.P. there was considerable local experimentation with several ...
... Africa until after 4000 B.P. ( Sowunmi 1985 ; Phillipson 1985 ) . The earliest domesticated plants found in the dry areas of West Africa are millet and sorghum . After 3500 B.P. there was considerable local experimentation with several ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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