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On the basis of these and other abundant factual data, a step-by-step theory of human evolution has been elaborated, and light has been shed on the systematics and genealogy of the human being, the structure and way of life of his closest ancestors, the original homeland of humans, and ...
More Articles On This Topic Additional Reading History of anthropology Histories of anthropology includeJ.W. Burrow,Evolution and Society: A Study in Victorian Social Theory(1966);L.R. Hiatt,Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology(1996);Adam Kuper,The Invention...
Using modern mammals as analogues, we investigate how spatial bias in the early human fossil record probably influences understanding of human evolution. Our results suggest that the environmental and fossil records from palaeoanthropological hotspots are probably missing aspects of environmental and anatomic...
Two articles in this issue examine aspects of human social evolution: On page 1293, Bowles (1) investigates the origins of altruism toward one's own social group, while on page 1298, Powell et al. (2) study the emergence of cultural complexity. Based on empirical evidence and modeling, ...
Anthropology, the study of humans, has traditionally concentrated on discovering the process of evolution through which the human came to be (physical anthropology), or on understanding the beliefs, languages, and behaviors of past or present human groups (archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology...
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Also included are relevant articles on geology, paleontology, biology, evolution, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology. Filmed Interviews With Leading Thinkers. A collection of interviews with many influential scholars in the fields of anthropology and sociology, videotaped by Alan Macfarlane...
Thus, physical anthropologists must be very familiar with human osteology as well as with animal anatomy. The knowledge gained by physical anthropologists has been used in different contexts: comparative anatomy, ecology, evolution and today also in forensic, leading to the development of forensic ...
Chinese anthropology and ethnology studies are shaped by diverse schools of thought, including Western anthropology, classical Marxist ethnic theory, the Soviet school of ethnology, and Chinese experience and theory. In particular, Western anthropology,