Human universals

Author:Donald E. Brown (Author)

Summary:Explores physical and behavioral characteristics that can be considered universal among various cultures and various people. This work presents cases demonstrating universals, looks at the history of the study of universals, and presents a study of a hypothetical tribe, The Universal People.

Print Book, English, 1991

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991

Physical Description:x, 220 Seiten

ISBN:

9780070082090, 007008209X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:263643337

Subjects:

Physical anthropology

Sociobiology

Universalität

Contents:

1. Rethinking Universality: Six Cases.2. Conceptualizing, Defining, and Demonstrating Universals.3. The Historical Context of the Study of Universals.4. Explaining Universals.5. Incest Avoidance.6. The Universal People.7. Universals, Human Nature, and Anthropology.Bibliography