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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... evolutionary forces . 1. Drift The proportions of genes in each generation may differ purely as a result of the ... evolutionary change if they are advantageous . 4. Natural selection The most powerful force for evolutionary change ...
... evolutionary forces . 1. Drift The proportions of genes in each generation may differ purely as a result of the ... evolutionary change if they are advantageous . 4. Natural selection The most powerful force for evolutionary change ...
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... evolutionary core of modern science , modern science will have no choice but to strike back against the religious core of creationism ( see Spuhler 1985 for a com- prehensive survey of the creationist contro- versy ) . The next three ...
... evolutionary core of modern science , modern science will have no choice but to strike back against the religious core of creationism ( see Spuhler 1985 for a com- prehensive survey of the creationist contro- versy ) . The next three ...
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... evolutionary road that life has traveled is reduced to the scale of 1 mile , then the dis- tance traveled since the ... EVOLUTIONARY ROAD 3,500 Multicelled organisms 570 Bacteria and algae The Evolutionary Road From Hominoid to Hominid.
... evolutionary road that life has traveled is reduced to the scale of 1 mile , then the dis- tance traveled since the ... EVOLUTIONARY ROAD 3,500 Multicelled organisms 570 Bacteria and algae The Evolutionary Road From Hominoid to Hominid.
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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