Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1092 g
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1092 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-539287-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
A unique alternative to more traditional, encyclopedic introductory texts, Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? takes a question-oriented approach that illuminates major concepts for students. Structuring each chapter around an important question, the authors explore what it means to be human, incorporating answers from all four major subfields of anthropology-cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology-and offering a more balanced
perspective than other texts. They address central issues of the discipline, highlighting the controversies and commitments that are shaping contemporary anthropology.
Ancillaries:
--Companion Website featuring:
-Student Resources, including a study skills guide, flashcards, self-quizzes, chapter outlines, and helpful links; and
-Instructor Resources, including PowerPoint presentations for lectures, filmographies, activities, strategies for class discussions, and guest editorials; and (3) a chapter on human evolution
--Computerized Test Bank and Instructor's Manual on CD
--Cartridges for Course Management Systems
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Umwelt und Kultur, Kulturökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Brief Contents
List of Boxes
Preface
Chapter 1: What Is Anthropology?
Module 1: Anthropology, Science, and Storytelling
Chapter 2: Why Is Evolution Important to Anthropologists?
Chapter 3: What Can Evolutionary Theory Tell Us about Human Variation?
Module 2: Dating Methods in Paleoanthropology and Archaeology
Chapter 4: What Can the Study of Primates Tell Us about Human Beings?
Chapter 5: What Can the Fossil Record Tell Us about Human Origins?
Chapter 6: How Do We Know about the Human Past?
Chapter 7: Why Did Humans Settle Down, Build Cities, and Establish States?
Chapter 8: Why Is the Concept of Culture Important?
Module 3: On Ethnographic Methods
Chapter 9: Why Is Understanding Human Language Important?
Module 4: Components of Language
Chapter 10: How Do We Make Meaning?
Chapter 11: Why Do Anthropologists Study Economic Relations?
Chapter 12: How Do Anthropologists Study Political Relations?
Chapter 13: Where Do Our Relatives Come From, and Why Do They Matter?
Chapter 14: What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Social Inequality?
Chapter 15: What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Globalization?
Bibliography
Credits
Glossary and Index
Detailed Contents
List of Boxes
Preface
Chapter 1 What Is Anthropology?
What is Anthropology?
What is the Concept of Culture?
What Makes Anthropology a Cross-Disciplinary Discipline?
Biological Anthropology
In Their Own Words: Anthropology as a Vocation Listening to Voices
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology
Applied Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
The Uses of Anthropology
Chapter Summary
For Review and Discussion
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Module 1: Anthropology, Science, and Storytelling
Scientific and Nonscientific Explanations
Some Key Scientific Concepts
Module Summary
For Review and Discussion
Key Terms
Chapter 2: Why Is Evolution Important to Anthropologists?
What is Evolutionary Theory?
What Material Evidence is There for Evolution?
Pre-Darwinian Views of The Natural World
Essentialism
The Great Chain of Being
Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism
Transformational Evolution
What is Natural Selection?
Population Thinking
Natural Selection in Action
Unlocking the Secrets of Heredity
Mendel's Experiments
The Emergence of Genetics
What Are the Basics of Contemporary Genetics?
Genes and Traits
Mutation
DNA and the Genome
Anthropology in Everyday Life: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights
Genotype, Phenotype, and the Norm of Reaction
In Their Own Words: How Living Organisms Construct Their Environments
What does Evolution Mean?
Chapter Summary
For Review and Discussion
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Chapter 3: What Can Evolutionary Theory Tell Us about Human Variation?
What is Microevolution?
The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis and Its Legacy
The Molecularization of Race?
The Four Evolutionary Processes
Microevolution and Patterns of Human Variation
Adaptation and Human Variation
Phenotype, Environment and Culture
In Their Own Words: DNA Tests Find Branches but Few Roots
What is Macroevolution?
Can We Predict the Future of Human Evolution?
Chapter Summary
For Review and Discussion
Key Terms
Suggested Readings
Module 2: Dating Methods in Paleoanthropology and Archaeology
Relative Dating Methods
Numerical Dating Methods
Modeling Prehistoric Climates
Module Summary
For Review and Discussion
Key Terms
Chapter 4: What Can the Study of Primates Tell Us about Human Beings?
What Are Primates?
Approaches to Primate Taxonomy
The Living Primates
Strepsirhines
Haplorhines
In Their Own Words: The Future of Primate Diversity
Flexibility as the Hallmark of Primate Adaptations
In Their Own Words: Chimpanzee Tourism
Past Evolutionary Trends in Primates
Primate Evolution: The First 60 Million Years
Primates of the Paleocene
Primates of the Eocene
Primates of the Oligocene
Primates of the Miocene
Chapter Summary
For Revie
