Introduction to humanity / Tim Ingold -- Humanity and animality / Tim Ingold -- The evolution of early hominids / Phillip V. Tobias -- Human evolution : the last one million years / Clive Gamble -- ...

Anthropology comes to life -- Materials against materiality -- Culture on the ground : the world perceived through the feet -- Walking the plank : meditations on a proces of skill -- Rethinking the ...

A note from the Reviews Editor. How are intellectual and personal lives shaped through encounters with books? In this first instalment of our new occasional special feature, Tim Ingold responds to our ...

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