New Features

•  The chapter on Culture includes a new section, "Culture's Evolutionary Basis," and now appears earlier in the text to highlight the centrality of the culture concept in anthropology.

•  Revisions and updates to the chapter on "Global Issues Today" features new material on global issues (including climate change), provides greater coverage to these important contemporary issues.

•  Twelve new End-of-Chapter Boxes focuses attention on specific areas of interest, including the election of an anthropologist's son as President of the United States, the spread of syphilis to the Old World as part of the Columbian exchange, linguistic diversity and the Internet, and changing customs involving plural marriage in the contemporary world and in the context of nation-states and globalization.

•  Updated charts, tables, and statistics throughout the text represent the most recent findings in the field of anthropology, including the author's own findings from his fieldwork in Madagascar.

•  An updated Online Learning Center provides a variety of helpful resources including study tools, interactive maps and exercises, and anthropology and career links for students. The password-protected instructor's site provides access to the Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint lecture slides, professional resources, and more.

•  To purchase an electronic eBook version of this title, visit www.CourseSmart.com (ISBN 0-07-732291-6).

Retained Features

•  Introducing students to a wide range of anthropological approaches by covering the core concepts in all four of anthropology's subfields--physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology--while also examining current issues and approaches.

•  Includes two Important Chapters not consistently found in other anthropology texts: "Ethnicity and Race" and "Gender." These and other chapters explore the nature, role, and preservation of human diversity in the face of conquest and globalization.

•  Key terms and glossary clarifies important concepts for students new to the study of anthropology.

•  Provides clear and concise coverage of key topics, offering instructors greater flexibility and freedom for instructors to assign additional reading--cases studies, readers, and other supplements--in a semester course.