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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... rear legs are attached at nearly a right angle . About one- half of the weight of an animal that moves on all fours is transmitted through the pelvis to the rear legs . Among the Pongidae FIGURE 3.15 PELVIS Note long , narrow shape of ...
... rear legs are attached at nearly a right angle . About one- half of the weight of an animal that moves on all fours is transmitted through the pelvis to the rear legs . Among the Pongidae FIGURE 3.15 PELVIS Note long , narrow shape of ...
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... rear , meeting our skull at a point close to its center of gravity . The human neck verte- brae lack the long spiny rearward exten- sions that anchor the gorilla's large neck muscles ( Harrison and Montagna 1969 ; Birdsell 1981 : 223 ff ...
... rear , meeting our skull at a point close to its center of gravity . The human neck verte- brae lack the long spiny rearward exten- sions that anchor the gorilla's large neck muscles ( Harrison and Montagna 1969 ; Birdsell 1981 : 223 ff ...
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... rear the newborn from infancy and childhood to adulthood . As we have just seen , the decision to make the social effort necessary to give birth to and rear children is heavily influenced by the balance of costs and benefits confronting ...
... rear the newborn from infancy and childhood to adulthood . As we have just seen , the decision to make the social effort necessary to give birth to and rear children is heavily influenced by the balance of costs and benefits confronting ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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