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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... primates . We then see , from the many anatomical similarities and the use of techniques that actually measure the amount of genetic material possessed in common , that it is with the great apes rather than monkeys or other primates ...
... primates . We then see , from the many anatomical similarities and the use of techniques that actually measure the amount of genetic material possessed in common , that it is with the great apes rather than monkeys or other primates ...
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... Primates ( pronounced " primahtees " ) , a taxon that includes monkeys , apes , tarsiers , lemurs , and other close rela- tives . We shall use the informal term primates to des- ignate this order ( see footnote , Table 3.1 ) . THE PRIMATE ...
... Primates ( pronounced " primahtees " ) , a taxon that includes monkeys , apes , tarsiers , lemurs , and other close rela- tives . We shall use the informal term primates to des- ignate this order ( see footnote , Table 3.1 ) . THE PRIMATE ...
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... primates , are also the most social of the primates . Our intelligence is above all an evolutionary consequence of our dependence on each other for almost everything that we do . Primates and Life in the Trees Most living and fossil ...
... primates , are also the most social of the primates . Our intelligence is above all an evolutionary consequence of our dependence on each other for almost everything that we do . Primates and Life in the Trees Most living and fossil ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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