Man, His First Two Million Years: A Brief Introduction to Anthropology

A brief introduction to anthropology. What are the distinctive characteristics of races and cultures? Why do patterns of sex and marriage vary? How did language, religion, and the arts develop? Ashley Montagu, the noted scholar and author, gives a frank and enlightening picture of man's evolution-from his earliest pre-primate form to his present stage of development. Here is a lucid and balanced introduction to the science of anthropology, cultural and physical, which shows where man came from and the direction in which he is heading.