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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... societies tend to have cognatic descent groups and / or bilocal residence because their ba- sic ecological adjustment demands that local groups remain open , flexible , and nonterritorial . With the development of horticulture and more ...
... societies tend to have cognatic descent groups and / or bilocal residence because their ba- sic ecological adjustment demands that local groups remain open , flexible , and nonterritorial . With the development of horticulture and more ...
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... societies . These societies enjoy a high degree of personal security without having written laws , police officers , jails , or any of the other parts of mod- ern criminal justice systems . How do they do it ? This is not to say that ...
... societies . These societies enjoy a high degree of personal security without having written laws , police officers , jails , or any of the other parts of mod- ern criminal justice systems . How do they do it ? This is not to say that ...
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... societies where warfare is pronounced seem relatively straightforward . The lives of group members de- pend to a ... societies in general . We must remember , however , that the correlation between in- tense warfare and female ...
... societies where warfare is pronounced seem relatively straightforward . The lives of group members de- pend to a ... societies in general . We must remember , however , that the correlation between in- tense warfare and female ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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