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. THE PALUXY RIVER FOOTPRINTS 3 THE HUMAN PEDIGREE AND HUMAN NATURE This chapter deals. BOX 2.2 Scientists have explored the region around the Paluxy River near Glen Rose , Texas ...
An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. THE PALUXY RIVER FOOTPRINTS 3 THE HUMAN PEDIGREE AND HUMAN NATURE This chapter deals. BOX 2.2 Scientists have explored the region around the Paluxy River near Glen Rose , Texas ...
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... Human females are not " continuously sexually receptive , " as some anthropologists would have it . ) Human sexual relationships , therefore , need not be sporadic and ... Human Pedigree and Human Nature 43 Language and Culture Summary.
... Human females are not " continuously sexually receptive , " as some anthropologists would have it . ) Human sexual relationships , therefore , need not be sporadic and ... Human Pedigree and Human Nature 43 Language and Culture Summary.
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... human brain has not increased - in fact , it has decreased some- what ! Yet the complexity and rate of change of human sociocultural systems have in- creased by many orders of magnitude . This fact makes it clear that to understand the ...
... human brain has not increased - in fact , it has decreased some- what ! Yet the complexity and rate of change of human sociocultural systems have in- creased by many orders of magnitude . This fact makes it clear that to understand the ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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