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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... occur : AA , Aa , and aa . Each of these combinations is called a genotype . The proportion in which geno- types will occur can be calculated from a simple device known as a Punnett square . If ovum and sperm have an equal chance of ...
... occur : AA , Aa , and aa . Each of these combinations is called a genotype . The proportion in which geno- types will occur can be calculated from a simple device known as a Punnett square . If ovum and sperm have an equal chance of ...
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... occur when part of one population migrates and takes with it to its new homeland a pool of genes that is not representative of the original group . All the curly - headed individuals , for example , might by accident emigrate at once ...
... occur when part of one population migrates and takes with it to its new homeland a pool of genes that is not representative of the original group . All the curly - headed individuals , for example , might by accident emigrate at once ...
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... occur regularly in different sound environments . Closely re- semblant but nondistinctive sounds like [ p ] and [ p ] ... occur in one lan- guage may not occur at all in another . When the same phone does occur in two languages , it may be ...
... occur regularly in different sound environments . Closely re- semblant but nondistinctive sounds like [ p ] and [ p ] ... occur in one lan- guage may not occur at all in another . When the same phone does occur in two languages , it may be ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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