Four volumes of articles that set their topics in historical perspective and relate them to the discipline as a whole. Covers the diverse scientific developments that comprise evolutionary theory as well as the major historical repercussions in literature, art, philosophy, and popular culture. Defining human evolution broadly, this work covers systematics, evolutionary theory, genetics, primatology, primate paleontology, and Paleolithic archaeology. Each article has its own reading list. Ten volumes of ethnographic portraits of traditional ways contrasted with current customs provide integrated, clear, concise descriptions.
Articles culminate in brief bibliographies.
This handbook on languages of the world and their dialects includes much demographic and sociolinguistic data. Maps the archaeological evidence for human colonization of the earth, the agricultural revolution, and development of urban organization and state government from 16 million ybp to the 19th century. Covers 200 states and dependent territories, grouped by regions and countries.