Preface For my individual project for Introduction to Anthropology I have chosen to review Mating and Marriage, a book edited by Vernon Reynolds and John Kellette. ... Oxford University Press: New York, 1991. ] I really did not know what topic to choose for the project, so I went to the library and looked under the Cultural Anthropology section, and discovered a few different books of interest. ... Although the book contains chapters such as "The Evolution of Animal Mating Systems" and "The Biological Basis of Human Patterns of Mating and Marriage" I chose primarily to devote much ...

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Introduction Despite the erroneous origins of the term race and its modern usurpation by advanced studies in biological anthropology, American society at large (and elsewhere) and mental health professionals continue to place great cultural and psychological value on the term. ... This failure to distinguish cultural and biological factors still dictates much of our social behavior today. ... The reality of the matter, however, is that there is little, if any evidence to support the notion that race is anything more than a social construction. ... Conclusion The history of the term race has be...

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Cannibalism Within the history of mankind, several social norms and values have drastically changed. ... While the Western World was transforming into a "civilized- society, there were still ancient tribes that continued on with their social roles and customs. ... Within our social structure society has deemed that eating other humans as a means of a regular diet is dead wrong (criminal cannibalism). ... Although some might have ate human flesh as a sign of respect, the social ethics of the rest of the world didn't feel the same way. The Western world has always viewed less advanced so...

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Incidences of cultural and social challenges came out in the book. ... Even though the story narrative narrates much about midwifery, and infant and maternal mortality, it turns out to be important to both anthropology students and teachers because it has relevant information on kinship, religion, traditional power, jobs and problems affecting women among others (Gerhard & Cortland, 2007). ...

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Kelly Graft, assistant professor in the Center for the Study of the First Americans and Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M, conclude: "these individuals who live in Siberia 24,000 years ago their gens contributes to first Americans gens and 14 to 38% of people who lived in South and North America today share a genetic make up with the Mal'ta boy. ...

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