Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... sociobiology would render all forms of social science obsolete . Today , it would be hard to find a sociobiologist who would support this radical a position . Beyond this , so- ciobiology is inimical to some of the most dearly held ...
... sociobiology would render all forms of social science obsolete . Today , it would be hard to find a sociobiologist who would support this radical a position . Beyond this , so- ciobiology is inimical to some of the most dearly held ...
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... Sociobiology Mode of organiza- tion , including principal forms of communication FIGURE 1. The connections that can be made between phylogenetic studies , ecology , and sociobiology . Reprinted by permission of the publisher from " The ...
... Sociobiology Mode of organiza- tion , including principal forms of communication FIGURE 1. The connections that can be made between phylogenetic studies , ecology , and sociobiology . Reprinted by permission of the publisher from " The ...
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... sociobiology constitutes , in my opinion , one of the great manageable prob- lems of biology for the next twenty or thirty years . The prolegomenon of Figure 1 guesses part of its future outline and some of the directions in which it is ...
... sociobiology constitutes , in my opinion , one of the great manageable prob- lems of biology for the next twenty or thirty years . The prolegomenon of Figure 1 guesses part of its future outline and some of the directions in which it is ...
Contents
Part | 5 |
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED WALLACE On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties | 11 |
Outlook 18451846 | 67 |
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