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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Anthropology and the study of humanity
ISBN:
9781629974064

9781501974182
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2017]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Title from container.

Course no. 1631.

24 lectures (30 min. each).
Contents:
disc 1. Why anthropology matters -- Science, Darwin, and anthropology -- Our primate family tree -- Paleoanthropology and the hominin family -- Tracing the spread of humankind -- Anthropology and the question of race -- disc 2. Archaeology and human tools -- Agricultural roots of civilization -- Rise of urban centers -- Anthropological perspectives on money -- Anthropological perspectives on language -- Apocalyptic anthropology -- disc 3. Cultural anthropology and human diversity -- Field research in cultural anthropology -- Kinship, family, and marriage -- Sex, gender, and sexuality -- Religion and spirituality -- Art and visual anthropology -- disc 4. Conflict and reconciliation across cultures -- Forensics and legal anthropology -- Medical anthropology -- Anthropology and economic development -- Cultural ecology -- The anthropology of happiness.
Summary:
Find out what makes us human by learning where we came from.
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