Know It All Anthropology
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Know It All Anthropology

The 50 Most Important Ideas in Anthropology, Each Explained in Under a Minute

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Know It All Anthropology

The 50 Most Important Ideas in Anthropology, Each Explained in Under a Minute

About this book

Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet? These are perennially compelling questions about human evolution and development that continue to cudgel the best brains on earth. Know-It-All Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organization of social relations and practices. If you only have under a minute, that is enough time--by reading this book--to meet the ancestors and master the basic ideas, personalities, controversies, and future directions of the study of humankind. The Know It All takes a revolutionary approach tolearning about the subjects you really feelyou should understand but have never gotten around to studying.Each book selects a popular topic and dissects it into the50 mostsignificant ideasat its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, isexplained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in under a minute. Other titles in this series include: Know It All Chemistry, Know It All Classical Music, Know It All Energy, Know It All Fashion, Know It All Great Inventions, Know It All Jazz, Know It All Medicine, Know It All Shakespeare, Know It All Whiskey, Know It All Wine, Space In 30 Seconds, Sports in 30 Seconds.

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INDEX

A
affinity 92, 112, 124
Africa 18, 20, 22, 24, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 52, 57, 58, 72, 74, 122, 136, 140, 144
agriculture and farming 46, 50, 57, 68, 73, 74, 76, 97, 106, 146
Amazonian tribes 36
animals 36, 74
Anthropocene 57, 146
anti-Semitism 61, 112, 121
apex predator 12, 20
archaeology 7, 28, 56, 100, 112
archaeometallurgy 56, 62
archaeometry 56, 62
Aristotle 48, 116, 118
art and aesthetics 66, 90, 92, 114
artificial intelligence 138
Asia 24, 33, 34,...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Evolution
  6. The Human Species
  7. Materials
  8. Socialization & Communication
  9. Migration
  10. Ideas
  11. Modern Peoples
  12. Appendices
  13. Notes on Contributors
  14. Index
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Copyright