Publisher's Synopsis
An introductory text to physical and cultural anthropology, including ethnology, linguistics and prehistoric archaeology. By integrating research and ideas from several schools of thought, this 9th edition reflects contemporary scholarship and remains an engaging text, due to its lively, accessible style and illustrations. This edition includes expanded material on objectivity and falsification in science, replication in anthropology, and a discussion of the Piltdown hoax to illustrate scientific methodology in physical anthropology and the methodology of cross-cultural comparison. Chapter 4 includes material on primate behaviour which includes important material on Bonobo behaviour. Many WebLink icons are placed throughout the text to link specific content to additional relevant material on the Internet.
