COMPANION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTHROPOLOGY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- General introduction -- The contributors -- PART I: HUMANITY -- 1. Introduction to humanity -- 2. Humanity and animality -- 3. The evolution of early hominids -- 4. Human evolution: the last one million years -- 5. The origins and evolution of language -- 6. Tools and tool behaviour -- 7. Niche construction, evolution and culture -- 8. Modes of subsistence: hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism -- 9. The diet and nutrition of human populations -- 10. Demographic expansion: causes and consequences -- 11. Disease and the destruction of indigenous populations -- PART II: CULTURE -- 12. Introduction to culture -- 13. Why animals have neither culture nor history -- 14. Symbolism: the foundation of culture -- 15. Artefacts and the meaning of things -- 16. Technology -- 17. Spatial organization and the built environment -- 18. Perceptions of time -- 19. Aspects of literacy -- 20. Magic, religion and the rationality of belief -- 21. Myth and metaphor -- 22. Ritual and performance -- 23. The anthropology of art -- 24. Music and dance -- 25. The politics of culture: ethnicity and nationalism -- PART III: SOCIAL LIFE -- 26. Introduction to social life -- 27. Sociality among Humans and Non-Human Animals -- 28. Rules and Prohibitions: The Form and Content of Human Kinship -- 29. Understanding Sex and Gender -- 30. Socialization, Enculturation and the Development of Personal Identity -- 31. Social Aspects of Language Use -- 32. Work, the Division of Labour and Co-operation -- 33. Exchange and Reciprocity -- 34. Political Domination and Social Evolution -- 35. Law and Dispute Processes -- 36. Collective Violence and Common Security -- 37. Inequality and Equality -- 38. The Nation State, Colonial Expansion and the Contemporary World Order -- Index.