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This text provides students with a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. The book helps students understand humans in all their variety and why such variety exists. The twelfth edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization.FeaturesSeparate chapter on the history of theoretical orientations: "Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology"This book of case studies provides students with engaging, up-to-date examples of anthropologists at work.DK Maps-Dorling Kindersley, a leading publisher of educational maps, has created maps that highlight aspects of human migration and globalization, including maps on such topics as Hominid Origins, The Spread of Agriculture, Western Imperialism, Trading in Human Lives, and Migration in the 19th Century.Table Of Contents Part I: IntroductionWhat Is Anthropology?How We Discover the PastPart II: Human Evolution: Biological and CulturalGenetics and EvolutionThe Living PrimatesPrimate Evolution: From Early Primates to HominoidsThe First HominidsThe Origins of Culture and the Emergence of HomoPart III: Modern HumansThe Emergence of Homo SapiensThe Upper Paleolithic WorldOrigins of Food Production and Settled LifeOrigins of Cities and StatesHuman Variation and AdaptationPart IV: Cultural VariationThe Concept of CultureTheoretical Approaches in Cultural AnthropologyExplanation and EvidenceCommunication and LanguageGetting FoodEconomic SystemsSocial Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and RacismSex, Gender, and CultureMarriage and the FamilyMarital Residence and KinshipAssociations and Interest GroupsPolitical Life: Social Order and DisorderPsychology and CultureReligion and MagicThe ArtsCulture Change and GlobalizationPart V: Using Anthropology Applied and Practicing AnthropologyMedical AnthropologyGlobal Social Problem