Part One：Introduction 1
1．Anthropology：The Study of Man 3
Part Two：Ancient Man and Prehistoric Culture 15
2．The Origins of Life and Man 17
3．Man＇s Place among the Primates 31
4．Fossil Man：The South African Hominids 45
5．Fossil Man：Asiatic and European Hominids 54
6．The Dawn of Culture：The Paleolithic Age 71
7．The Dawn of Civilization：The Neolithic，Bronze，and Iron Ages 96
Part Three：Race and Culture 113
8．Races of Mankind 115
9．Race and Cultural Capacity 138
Part Four：Primitive Culture 149
A．CULTURE AND SOCIETY 149
10．The Nature of Culture 151
B．SUBSISTENCE AND CRAFTS 175
11．Food Getting 177
12．Housing 200
13．Handicrafts 200
14．Clothing and Ornament 239
15．Art 252
C．MARRIAGE AND KIN 279
16．Selective Mating and Preferential Marriage 281
17．Marriage 301
18．The Family 318
19．The Extension of Kinship：Lineage，Clan，Moiety，and Phratry 341
20．Kinship Systems 355
D．STATUS AND SOCIAL ROLE 367
21．The Life Cycle 369
22．Status and Role 384
23．Clubs and Age Groups 401
24．Social Classes and Castes 414
E．PROPERTY AND POLITICS 429
25．The Ownership of Goods and Ideas 431
26．Gifts，Trade，and Inheritance 450
F．SOCIAL CONTROL 465
27．Law and the Social Order 467
28．Government 486
29．War—The Deadly Issue 508
G．RILIGION AND MAGIC 523
30．Animism，Mana，and the Supernatural 525
31．Shamans，Priests，and Cults 541
H．THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURE 557
32．Language and Culture 559
33．Personality and Culture 572
34．The Growth of Culture：Invention and Diffusion 593
35．The Evolution of Culture 609
Bibliography 623
Glossary 643
Index 665