This text book on General Anthropology is an indispensable manual for civil service aspirants who have opted for anthropology. This book has been compiled with great effort to simplify the exam preparation for students. The book covers all the topics in the syllabus including introduction to anthropology, evolution, primates, fossil man, culture, society, marriage, family, kinship, economic organisation, political organisation, religion, theories, research methods in anthropology, human genetics: methods and applications, mendelian genetics, population genetics, chromosomal abberrations and others, race and racism, genetic markers and physiological variations, ecological anthropology, epidemiological anthropology, human growth and development, demographic anthropology and applied anthropology. Each of these chapter include relevant diagrams and tables. Further each chapter has table of keywords for quick revision. The entire book is indexed for quick access and revision. Students can practise questions given at the end of each chapter. The book is designed for self study.