~.I ，v~u~，~ ~*~ HuIHiI]I DCIIaVIOt. I lie aUtllOIS aft<br >1 writing dmir books they have kept the students who will rcad them<br >，inds. It is our bclicf ttlat when an understanding of ways of life vciw<br >s own is gained， abstractions and gcncralizadons about social stru，[<br >， subsistence techniques， and the other universal categories of hum:m<br >，me mcaningfid.<br > About the Author<br >hagnon was born the sc~om] ~H: twelve children m Port Austin，<br >Hc is married and has two chihh cn. At present hc is an Assistant<br >，poh)gy and holds a joint appointmcnt as Research Associate in the<br >nan (icnctics. l.hliversitv of Michigan Medical School. This dcparr-<br >a long-term pn)jcct for the study of the Ygnomam6 from a medical-<br >:1 a team approach involving specialists in scvcral ficlds. Dr. Chagm)n<br >1ember of the team. tic bcgan his academic training in the Michigan<br >md Tcchnologs. but switched to anthropology， rccciving a B.A. in<br > Univcrsitv of Michigan in 1961. an M.A. in 1963， and a Ph.l). in<br >m~crccn months in direct contact with the Y~inomam6 of Venezuela<br >demography， social organization， and warfare， and about onc month<br >ing Makiritarc of Brazil and Venezuela， studying social organization.<br >coral articles in Natural f]/s/or)， and Proa.ez//ng.i q/ d，e Nat/on，d A~a/-<br >as prcscntcd papcls at mcctings of the American Anthropological<br >National Acadcmx of Scicncc. Hc plans to return to the Y~tnomam6<br >over the next three } cars， having completed two cooperative trips<br > Instimto Vcnczolano dc lnvcstij4acioncs (]cntlhcas.<br > About the B~)()k<br >