Anthropology

World Prehistory

An introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology. Topics include primate and human evolution, "race" and the realities of human physical variation, the peopling of the world, and the origins of food production and complex societies.

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Cultural Anthropology

An introduction to social and cultural anthropology. Topics include the comparative study of subsistence regimes and economics, stratification and political organization, marriage and kinship, culture and personality, religion, and social and cultural change.

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