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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... Middle Paleolithic industries . Euro - African Middle Paleolithic tool kits also contain varying percentages of hand axes and other Acheulian - type implements . Points that might have been attached to spears make their appearance ...
... Middle Paleolithic industries . Euro - African Middle Paleolithic tool kits also contain varying percentages of hand axes and other Acheulian - type implements . Points that might have been attached to spears make their appearance ...
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... Middle Paleolithic sites indicate that red ochre- a dye associated with blood and magical powers among many modern aboriginal populations - was also used in some kind of funerary ritual ( Constable 1973 ) . At other Middle Paleolithic ...
... Middle Paleolithic sites indicate that red ochre- a dye associated with blood and magical powers among many modern aboriginal populations - was also used in some kind of funerary ritual ( Constable 1973 ) . At other Middle Paleolithic ...
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... Paleolithic . This age began at least 2.5 myr ago , as indicated by the simple stone tools found at Hadar . It ... Middle Paleolithic , about 125,000 B.P. , that fundamental changes in tool technology occurred . The best - known ...
... Paleolithic . This age began at least 2.5 myr ago , as indicated by the simple stone tools found at Hadar . It ... Middle Paleolithic , about 125,000 B.P. , that fundamental changes in tool technology occurred . The best - known ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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