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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An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. 1 623cm FIGURE 4.4 DRYOPITHECUS FONTANI FIGURE 4.5 KENYAPITHECUS MANDIBLE An early Ramapithecine from Kenya , possible ancestor of the orangutan . GIGANTOPITHECUS FIGURE 4.6 Molar ...
An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. 1 623cm FIGURE 4.4 DRYOPITHECUS FONTANI FIGURE 4.5 KENYAPITHECUS MANDIBLE An early Ramapithecine from Kenya , possible ancestor of the orangutan . GIGANTOPITHECUS FIGURE 4.6 Molar ...
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... FIGURE 5.6 FIGURE 5.7 OLDOWAN CHOPPERS ACHEULIAN HAND AX FROM OLDUVAI GORGE Choppers Cleaver Flakes FIGURE 5.8 A number of additional lines of evi- dence support the inference that H. erectus was a more regular and more proficient ...
... FIGURE 5.6 FIGURE 5.7 OLDOWAN CHOPPERS ACHEULIAN HAND AX FROM OLDUVAI GORGE Choppers Cleaver Flakes FIGURE 5.8 A number of additional lines of evi- dence support the inference that H. erectus was a more regular and more proficient ...
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... FIGURE 21.12 knife and wrenched out the beating heart . The heart was smeared over the statue of the god and later burned . Finally , the lifeless body was flung over the edge of ... FIGURE 21.13 FIGURE 21.14 human. 466 PART VI ...
... FIGURE 21.12 knife and wrenched out the beating heart . The heart was smeared over the statue of the god and later burned . Finally , the lifeless body was flung over the edge of ... FIGURE 21.13 FIGURE 21.14 human. 466 PART VI ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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