Anthropology 212
(Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)

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• The Nature of Culture
• Genes and Culture: Dual Systems of Inheritance
• Chimpanzee Culture
• Cultural Evolution
• Iraqi Clan & Tribal Organization
• Energy and Ecology
• Economic Formations or Energy Extraction Systems
• Arctic and Amazonian Ecosystems
• The Power of Spices

Second Segment Power Points

• Netsilik & Yanomamö Infanticide
• Family and Marriage
• Kinship, Kin Terms, & Descent
• Polygyny
• Divorce
• Sharing
• Dowry and Brideprice Systems
• Incest
• Dadi's Family

Third Segment Power Points

• Religion
• Female-Male Differences
• Division of Labor
• Political Participation
• Sexual Behavior
• Beauty
• Evolution and War
• Warfare
• Proximate Causes Yanomamö Warfare
• War in the Fourth World
• Third Segment Review

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