Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives Book

	Preface	xi
Part I	Introduction to Anthropology	1
Topic 1	The Evolving Study of Anthropology	3
1	Finding Anthropology	4
Part II	Biological Anthropology	11
Topic 2	Human Evolution	15
2	Darwinism Defined: The Difference between Fact and Theory	18
3	The Great Leap Forward	24
4	The Secret Life of the Neanderthal	34
5	The Search for Early Man	38
6	Designed for Another Time: Modern Problems for an Ancient Species	43
Topic 3	Evolutionary Psychology	47
7	What Are Friends For?	49
8	Games Primates Play	56
9	On Becoming Human	60
10	What Do Women Want?	66
11	Isn't She Lovely?	74
Topic 4	Human Diversity	79
12	Racial Odyssey	81
13	"Race": Myths under the Microscope	88
14	The Tall and the Short of It	91
Part III	Archaeology	95
Topic 5	Doing Archaeology	99
15	Fingerprints in the Sand	100
16	Garbage Demographics	103
17	Temples of Doom	107
Topic 6	Issues in Archaeology	111
18	The First Americans	113
19	Images of the Ice Age	118
20	New Clues Show Where People Made the Great Leap to Agriculture	125
21	Brewing an Ancient Beer	128
22	The World's First City	135
23	The Cradle of Cash	138
24	Rise of Civilization: Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica	143
25	Empires in the Dust	148
Part IV	Language and Communication	153
Topic 7	Language, Thought, and Communication	155
26	The Gift of Gab	158
27	Koko: "Fine Animal Gorilla"	163
28	Women's Talk	167
29	The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why	169
30	Close Encounters	178
31	Flirting Fascination	182
Part V	Cultural Anthropology	189
Topic 8	Fieldwork	191
32	Shakespeare in the Bush	192
33	Eating Christmas in the Kalahari	198
34	Body Ritual among the Nacirema	202
35	Now the Ancient Ways Are Less Mysterious	205
Topic 9	Kinship and Marriage	207
36	Marriage: For Love, Profit, or Politics	208
37	The Marriage of Yongsu's Mother	211
Topic 10	Political and Economic Organization	216
38	Life without Chiefs	217
39	In Search of the Affluent Society	222
Topic 11	Cultural Ecology	228
40	India's Sacred Cow	229
41	Plight of the Ik and Kaiadilt Is Seen as a Chilling Possible End for Humankind	234
Topic 12	Society and Gender Roles	240
42	An Immodest Proposal	242
43	Daughters of the Forest	245
44	Life behind the Veil	250
Topic 13	Belief and Ritual	256
45	Devils, Witches, and Sudden Death	257
46	The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead	262
Topic 14	The Impact of Modernization	266
47	Requiem for a Lost People	268
48	Societies on the Brink	275
49	The Great Disease Migration	280
50	The Last Tribal Battle	284
Part VI	Anthropology in the Modern World	291
Topic 15	Contemporary Applications	292
51	Borderline Cases: Medical Practice and National Culture	293
52	The Stone-Age Diet: Cuisine Sauvage	298
53	No Bone Unturned	301
54	Shamans and Their Lore May Vanish with the Forests	306
55	Coming of Age in Palo Alto	309
56	Why Buy Kazoos You Can't Use?	312
	Glossary	315
	Credits	337