Taking readers on a fascinating journey through the 7-million-year-old landscape of the human past, this internationally renowned book provides a narrative account of human ...

Spanning a four-day hostage situation in the not-too-distant future, "The Blue Light Project" looks on as a city unravels and three lives intersect in unlikely ways. When an ...

This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion. Part of its fascination and ...

The study discusses a wide selection of the variables shaping the foundations and fabric of culture, starting with the human capacities for symbol-making and using sign systems.