Explaining Human Diversity - Cultures, Minds, Evolution

Why are humans so different from each other and what makes the human species so different from all other living organisms? This introductory book provides a concise and accessible account of human diversity, of its causes and of the ways in which anthropologists go about trying to make sense of it. Carles Salazar offers students a thoroughly integrated view by bringing together biological and sociocultural anthropology and including perspectives from evolutionary biology and psychology.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Being human 2. A new form of knowledge 3. Theories of difference 4. Cultural evolution 5. Summary and conclusions

About the author

Carles Salazar is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Lleida, Spain. He has a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Summary

Why are humans so different from each other and what makes the human species so different from all other living organisms? This introductory book provides a concise and accessible account of human diversity, of its causes and the ways in which anthropologists go about trying to make sense of it. Carles Salazar offers students a thoroughly integrated view by bringing together biological and sociocultural anthropology and including perspectives from evolutionary biology and psychology.

Product details

• Authors: Salazar Carles, Carles Salazar, Salazar Carles
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780815356523
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5652-3
• No. of pages: 130
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social Theory, Anthropology, Psychology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Human biology, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Agriculture & Related Industries