This brief, concise version of Ember/Ember's larger best-selling book explores the significant achievements in physical and cultural anthropology. It is interested not only in what humans are and were like, but why they got to be that way, in all their variety. A four-part organization introduce readers to what anthropology is, discusses biological and cultural evolution, considers cultural variation, and highlights the applicable and practical uses of the field. For those considering a career in anthropology, and anyone who wants a better understanding of how research of the past can suggest possible solutions to various global social problems of today.

I. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY.   1. What Is Anthropology?  2. Discovering and Explaining the Past and Present. II. HUMAN EVOLUTION: BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL.   3. Genetics and Evolution.  4. Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids.  5. The First Hominoids.  6. The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo.  7. The Emergence of Homo sapiens.  8. The Emergence of Food Production and the Rise of States.  9. Human Variation and Adaptation. III. CULTURAL VARIATION. 10. The Concept of Culture. 11. Communication and Language. 12. Getting Food. 13. Economic Systems. 14. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism. 15. Sex, Gender, and Culture. 16. Marriage and the Family. 17. Marital Residence and Kinship. 18. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder. 19. Religion and Magic. IV. USING ANTHROPOLOGY. 20. Applied and Practicing Anthropology. 21. Medical Anthropology. 22. Global Social Problems. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography.

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