Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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... Neandertals lacked a fully modern human form of communication and cognition : Virtually no personal adornments ( such as beads and pendants ) or artistic products ( such as decorative incisions on their artifacts , paintings , or ...
... Neandertals lacked a fully modern human form of communication and cognition : Virtually no personal adornments ( such as beads and pendants ) or artistic products ( such as decorative incisions on their artifacts , paintings , or ...
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... Neandertals and the origins of modern sapiens . One is that the Neandertals were more or less abruptly replaced by migrating groups of mod- ern sapiens who came from Africa via the Middle East . The other is that the Neandertals ...
... Neandertals and the origins of modern sapiens . One is that the Neandertals were more or less abruptly replaced by migrating groups of mod- ern sapiens who came from Africa via the Middle East . The other is that the Neandertals ...
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... Neandertals , as phases or " grades " in the widespread " sapieniza- tion " process described above that led to the paral- lel evolution ( see p . 26 ) of erectus into modern sapi- ens throughout most of the Old World . The fact that ...
... Neandertals , as phases or " grades " in the widespread " sapieniza- tion " process described above that led to the paral- lel evolution ( see p . 26 ) of erectus into modern sapi- ens throughout most of the Old World . The fact that ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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