Anthropology : the human challenge by Haviland, William A, Prins, Harald E. L., author; Walrath, Dana, author; McBride, Bunny, author instant download

Anthropology : the human challenge by Haviland, William A, Prins, Harald E. L., author; Walrath, Dana, author; McBride, Bunny, author instant download

xliii, 694 pages : 28 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, The essence of anthropology -- Biology, genetics, and evolution -- Living primates -- Primate behavior -- Field methods in archaeology and paleoanthropology -- From first primates to first bipeds -- Origins of the genus Homo -- The global expansion of Homo sapiens and their technology -- The neolithic revolution : the domestication of plants and animals -- The emergence of cities and states -- Modern human diversity -race and racism -- Human adaptation to a changing world -- Characteristics of culture -- Ethnographic research -its history, methods, and theories -- Language and communication -- Social identity, personality, and gender -- Patterns of subsistence -- Economic systems -- Sex, marriage, and family -- Kinship and descent -- Grouping by gender, age, common interest, and social status -- Politics, power, war, and peace -- Spirituality, religion, and shamanism -- The arts -- Processes of cultural change -- Global challenges, local responses, and the role of anthropology