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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... hominids , as confirmed by the analysis of various biochemical tests . Like the pongids , the hominids probably had an ancestor who brachiated and practiced suspensory feeding but who subsequently developed additional specialized modes ...
... hominids , as confirmed by the analysis of various biochemical tests . Like the pongids , the hominids probably had an ancestor who brachiated and practiced suspensory feeding but who subsequently developed additional specialized modes ...
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... Hominids Homo Habilis Were the Australopithecines Makers and Users of Tools ? Tool Use Among Contemporary Monkeys and Apes Nonhuman Culture and the Evolution of the Hominids Hunting and the First Hominids In ... Hominids The First Hominids.
... Hominids Homo Habilis Were the Australopithecines Makers and Users of Tools ? Tool Use Among Contemporary Monkeys and Apes Nonhuman Culture and the Evolution of the Hominids Hunting and the First Hominids In ... Hominids The First Hominids.
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... hominids from the Oligocene epoch ( about 38 to 23 mya ) to Plio - Pleistocene times ( about 5 to 1.75 mya ) . Although the first " apes " and Old World monkeys appeared during the Oligocene and perhaps as early as the Eocene , it is ...
... hominids from the Oligocene epoch ( about 38 to 23 mya ) to Plio - Pleistocene times ( about 5 to 1.75 mya ) . Although the first " apes " and Old World monkeys appeared during the Oligocene and perhaps as early as the Eocene , it is ...
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Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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