Window on Humanity is a brief introduction to general anthropology. It covers the four subfields biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology as well as anthropologys two dimensions academic and applied anthropology. Its shorter length increases instructors options for assigning additional readingcase studies, readers, and other supplements within a one semester course. Window on Humanity can also work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long. While presenting core concepts and topics, Window also aims to demonstrate anthropologys relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The text aims to instill an appreciation of human diversity, of anthropology as a field, and of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.
