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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... mammals have survived the rains and floods better than sharks , whose fossil remains are first found far below those of mammals ? The same question applies to fossil reptiles , including aquatic dinosaurs and giant crocodiles and ...
... mammals have survived the rains and floods better than sharks , whose fossil remains are first found far below those of mammals ? The same question applies to fossil reptiles , including aquatic dinosaurs and giant crocodiles and ...
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... mammals like us that do not lay eggs ; and Prototheria , egg - lay- ing mammals , of which the spiny anteater ( Echidna ) and the duckbill ( Ornithorhyn- chus ) are the best - known and the only sur- viving representative genera ( Fig ...
... mammals like us that do not lay eggs ; and Prototheria , egg - lay- ing mammals , of which the spiny anteater ( Echidna ) and the duckbill ( Ornithorhyn- chus ) are the best - known and the only sur- viving representative genera ( Fig ...
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... mammals , primates have distinctive hands , feet , toes , toenails , fingernails , and eyes . Primates also tend to have few offspring per birth , pro- longed infancies , and complex social behav- ior . They also are brainier and more ...
... mammals , primates have distinctive hands , feet , toes , toenails , fingernails , and eyes . Primates also tend to have few offspring per birth , pro- longed infancies , and complex social behav- ior . They also are brainier and more ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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