A cross-cultural examination of political systems, political competition and dispute settlement. Consideration of political figures and political action in pre-state societies, early and modern states. Anth 100 and Pols 101 or consent of instructor. A cross-cultural perspective on urbanism as an adaptive phase in human development. The course explores urban life around the world, rural-urban relationships problems and opportunities of city life.
Special attention is devoted to Asian cities.
Topics include the role of the Japanese government and emigration companies, the factors of generation, kinship, ethnicity, and contemporary Japanese migrants. Evolutionary approach to the nonhuman primates. Biological and behavioral adaptations of primates to their ecological setting. Implications of primate adaptations for understanding human biology and behavior. Anth 115, or Biol 150.