Human Evolution and Culture: Highlights of Anthropology

by Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember, Peter N. Peregrine

Human Evolution and Culture

Genres: Anthropology, Textbooks, Science

528 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mars Smith]

This book covers multiple areas such as biological anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. This textbook helped me tremendously on my exams in my intro to anthropology course. I would recommend this book to future students.

Pros: This textbook highlights the most significant terms, majors areas of study in anthropology, and gives you examples of how the content can be applied. There are infographics and other pictures that enhance the reading content. At the end of the chapter, there are bullet points summarizing what the reader should have learned which serves as a great review opportunity. This is a fantastic book for the classroom.

Cons: Since this book gives a brief overview, there are some details that the professor or reader may need to fill in to fully understand the material. There are no practice tests.

Who is this for?: This book is better for people with little to no biology or knowledge in anthropology. This book gives a brief overview on varies topics to get students introduced to what anthropology is as a study.

[Jane Francis]

I have mixed feelings about this book; loved parts of it, didn't like others, so overall I think that it deserves 3.5 stars because of the examples and practical application blurbs that they used to illustrate the theories presented throughout the book. It could have been worse, but it really does need some supplemental materials in order to make it a great textbook. (Read for Intro to Anthropology class).

[Linda Anderson]

a more organized easy to understand anthropology text.

[Danielle]

I found this text to be dry and at times, outdated.