William A. Haviland, Harald E. Prins, Dana Walrath, Bunny McBride.
15th edition.
Boston, MA :
Cengage Learning,
[2017]
xliii, 694 pages :
colour illustrations, maps ;
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.