Humans: An Introduction to Four-Field Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9781032129143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 280 str.

Andrew Petto

Opis

Humans is a concise, jargon-free introduction to four-field anthropology. The book indentifies the most relevant questions in anthropology. It provides students with an understanding of the unity of the human species, the adaptation of societies to their environments, and an appreciation of the power of socialization into a culture.

Spis treści

1. Anthropology  2. Knowledges  3. Humans as a Biological Species  4. Primates  5. Human Evolution  6. Human Variation  7. Human History Through Archaeology  8. Human History in our Epoch: The Holocene  Photo Gallery  9. Communicating  10. Cultural Ecology  11. Economics  12. Regulating Societies: Power and Types of Societies  13. Regulating Societies: Law and Kinship  14. Religion 15. Twenty-First-Century Anthropology  References and Further Readings  Glossary  Study Guide  Note to Instructors