Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity: 2025 Release ISE

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

1 What is Anthropology?

2 Culture

3 Applying Anthropology

PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

4 Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

5 Evolution and Genetics

6 Human Variation and Adaptation

7 The Primates

8 Early Hominins

9 The Genus Homo

10 The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

11 The First Farmers

12 The First Cities and States

PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY

13 Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

14 Language and Communication

15 Ethnicity and Race

16 Making a Living

17 Political Systems

18 Gender

19 Families, Kinship, and Descent

20 Marriage

21 Religion

22 Arts, Media, and Sports

PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD

23 The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

24 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World

Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general anthropology. It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology's two dimensions: academic and applied. While presenting anthropology's core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to our modern world. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.