DIY

 In a world where college classes, particularly large impersonal introductory ones, are often more pricey than they are worth, it's wise to learn how to study on your own. My inbox is a huge mess, but I have gotten towards the bottom and found an email where Richard from Free the Animal asked about anthropology texts. Here are my favorites, most of them recommended to me by Professor Ralph Holloway:

The Human Career by Richard G. Klein is a pretty great all-around textbook with lots of theories, information, and pictures.

It does assume a basic knowledge of human evolution though, so if you are a beginner the Introduction to Physical Anthropology, How Humans Evolved, Primate Adaptation and Evolution, or The Emergence of Humans.

If you want to improve your ability to read about bones, I suggest An Introduction to Human Evolutionary Anatomy or The Human Bone Manual.

Of course these college textbooks are quite expensive, but if you read one and you read it well you are probably learning as much, if not more, than you would be taking an anthropology course. I think it is worth it to get the most recent editions because this field is so active right now and there have been a lot of very interesting recent revelations.

If you have any personal recommendations, let me know in the comments!