The Anthropology of Extinction
The Anthropology of Extinction We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages,…
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The Anthropology of Extinction
We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of life. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments--that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays in this collection examine processes of--and our understanding of--extinction across various domains.
The Anthropology of The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island species in the Galapagos and Madagascar; the death of Native American languages; ethnic minorities under pressure to assimilate in China; cloning as a form of species regeneration; and the tiny hominid Homo floresiensis fossils ("hobbits") recently identified in Indonesia.
The Anthropology of Extinction
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The Anthropology of the State
State of Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
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