Anthropology For Dummies

Anthropology For Dummies

Smith, Cameron M.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

06/2021

432

Mole

Inglês

9781119784203

15 a 20 dias

572

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INTRODUCTION 1

PART 1: WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? 7

CHAPTER 1: Human Beings and Being Human: An Overview of Anthropology 9

CHAPTER 2: Looking Into Humanity's Mirror: Anthropology's History 17

CHAPTER 3: Actually, Four Mirrors: How Anthropology Is Studied 31

PART 2: PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 57

CHAPTER 4: The Wildest Family Reunion: Meet the Primates 59

CHAPTER 5: My Career Is in Ruins: How Anthropologists Learn about the Past 83

CHAPTER 6: Bones of Contention: The Fossil Evidence for Early Human Evolution 101

CHAPTER 7: It's Good to Be Home: Homo sapiens sapiens, Our Biological Species 125

CHAPTER 8: Hunting, Fishing, Sailing, and Sledding: The Dispersal of Humanity Worldwide 145

CHAPTER 9: Old, Old McDonald: The Origins of Farming 165

CHAPTER 10: The Development of Civilization 189

PART 3: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS 213

CHAPTER 11: The Spice of Life: Human Culture 215

CHAPTER 12: From Kalahari to Minneapolis: How Cultural Anthropologists Work 233

CHAPTER 13: Can We Talk? Communication, Symbols, and Language 251

CHAPTER 14: Types of Types: Race and Ethnicity 271

CHAPTER 15: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Identity, Family, Kinship, and Gender 287

CHAPTER 16: Not at the Dinner Table! Religion and Politics 305

PART 4: SO WHAT? ANTHROPOLOGY, THE MODERN WORLD, AND YOU 323

CHAPTER 17: Kiss or Kill? Diversity, Conflict, and Culture 325

CHAPTER 18: Looming Disasters? From Overpopulation to Space Debris 339

CHAPTER 19: Eve and the Iceman: The Cutting Edge of Physical Anthropology 355

CHAPTER 20: Stonehenge and You: Why Archaeology Matters 367

PART 5: THE PART OF TENS 379

CHAPTER 21: Ten Things to Remember About Anthropology, Whatever Else You Forget 381

CHAPTER 22: Ten Great Careers for Anthropology Majors 387

CHAPTER 23: Ten (Or So) Great Anthropologically Themed Movies and Books 393

CHAPTER 24: The Top Ten Myths about the Human Past 397

INDEX 405
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Anthropology introduction; anthropology study guide; physical anthropology; cultural anthropology; linguistic anthropology; archaeological anthropology; archaeology; anthropological science; history of anthropology