Introducing Anthropology: An Integrated Approach

Part I. Background and Context 1. Doing Anthropology: Taking Fingerprints in the High Plains In the Field The Hutterites Anthropology 2. Methods of Inquiry: Anthropology as Science The Scientific Method Belief Systems Anthropology as a Science 3. Evolution: Change in Nature and the Nature of Change The Evolution of Evolution Some Basic Genetics Adaptation Descent with Modification Evidence Processes The Origin of Species Part II. The Identity and Nature of Our Species 4. Our Place in Nature: Humans as Primates Naming the Animals Into the Trees The Primate Traits The Human Primate 5. Anatomy and Physiology: The Bipedal Primate Out of the Trees Primate Evolution The Evolution of Bipedalism The Early Hominids Around the World The Homo erectus Stage The Archaic Homo sapiens Stage The Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens Stage 6. Reproduction: The Sexual Primate Sex and Human Evolution Vive la Difference Sex and Gender Sex and Cultural Institutions 7. Learning How to Survive: The Cultural Primate The Concept of Culture Brains and Culture A Model for the Study of Cultural Systems An Anthropological Analysis of the Necktie 8. Human Variation: Biological Diversity and Race Why Are There No Biological Races within the Human Species? The Concept of Race Within Biology Human Bioligical Variation Evolutionary Theory and the Nature of the Human Species Genetics What, Then, Are Human Races? Race, Racism, and Social Issues.Part III. Adapting to Our Worlds 9. Food: Getting It, Growing It, Eating It, and Passing It Around Food and Human Evolution Food-Collecting Societies Food-Producing Societies The Transition to Food Production Horticulture Pastoralism Agriculture Which Subsistence Pattern Works Best? Some Basic Economics 10. Nature of the Group: Arranging Our Families and Organizing Our People Primate Societies Marriage and Family Kinship Kinship Terminology Organization above the Family Level 11. Material Culture: The Things We Make and the Things We Leave Behind Archaeology: Recovering and Interpreting the Cultural Past Material Culture and Cultural Systems Locating Sites Excavation Dating Techniques Some Prehistoric High Points Stone Tools Abstract Thought Control of Food Resources 12. Communication: Sharing What We Need to Know Language Language and Evolution Apes and Language Language and Culture 13. Maintenance of Order: Making the Worldview Real Religion Variation in Religious Systems Religion and Culture Law 14. Culture Change: Theories and Procsses The Processes of Culture Change Discovery and Invention Diffusion Acculturation and Revolution Theories of Cultural Evolution 15. The Evolution of Our Behavior: Pigs, Wars, Killer Proteins, and Sorcerers Of Their Flesh Shall Ye Not Eat Peaceful Warriors and Cannibal Farmers The Dani The Fore Biology and Culture in Interaction 16. Anthropology in Today's World: Problems and Contributions Change in the Modern World Applying Anthropology The Human Species Today The Human Species in the Future Glossary Bibliography IndexMichael Alan Park is the author of 'Introducing Anthropology: An Integrated Approach' with ISBN 9780767411844 and ISBN 0767411846.