Recommended Reading

Some suggested reading materials

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- Introductions to Social Anthropology
- · Introductions to Biological Anthropology
- Ethnographies
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Introductions to biological anthropology

Buy Now: Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind
Stanford (2006)

Buy Now: Catching Fire: how cooking made us human
Richard Wrangham (2010)

Buy Now: Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
Diamond, Jared (2003)

Buy Now: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Jurman, R (2005)

Buy Now: The Rough Guide to Evolution
Mark Pallen (2009)

Learning anthropology

Learning anthropology

Enjoy a day out with friends and discover something new!

Enjoy a day out with friends and discover something new!

Take part in careers and admissions presentations

Take part in careers and admissions presentations

What is it like to study anthropology at university?

What is it like to study anthropology at university?

Find out where humans came from!

Find out where humans came from!

Find out what you can do with an anthropology degree

Find out what you can do with an anthropology degree

What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human?

Enjoy the British Museum's galleries

Enjoy the British Museum's galleries

Take part in a range of interactive workshops

Take part in a range of interactive workshops

London Anthropology Day 2012 will take place on July 5th at the British Museum's Education Clore Centre.

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About the List

The recommended reading list is made up of a hand picked selection of books with the aim of provided an useful introduction to the study of Anthropology.

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