Evolution and anthropology : a centennial appraisal / [Betty J. Meggers, editor].

Contributor(s): Meggers, Betty Jane | Anthropological Society of Washington
Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Anthropological Society of Washington, 1959.Description: 172 p. ; 24 cm.
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Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves H75 [MEG-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L36862
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves H75 [MEG-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available L24646
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves H75 [MEG-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available M24301
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"All of the papers ... except two were delivered before the society between October 1957 and May 1958." - Copy M24301 published 2nd printing, 1971. - Contents: Darwin and the evolutionary theory in biology / Ernst Mayr; The effect of Darwin's theory of evolution in physical anthropology / T.D. Stewart; Physical anthropology: an appraisal / J.S. Weiner; Behavioral evolution and the emergence of the self / A. Irving Hallowell; Language and evolution / Joseph H. Greenberg; Archaeology and the evolutionary theory / Robert J. Braidwood; The status of evolutionary theory in American archaeology / William C. Haag; The concept of evolution in cultural anthropology / Leslie A. White; Evolution in social organization / George Peter Murdock; The role of evolutionary thought in anthropology / Clyde Kluckhohn.

Bibliography: p. 158-172.

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