Exploring biological anthropology: the essentials

✍ Scribed by John Scott Allen, Susan C. Antón, Craig Britton Stanford

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 520
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For courses in Biological Anthropology

Present a concise overview of biological anthropology, from early foundations to recent innovations
Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials combines concise coverage of the foundations of the field with modern innovations and discoveries, helping students understand, and get excited about, the discipline. Because the authors conduct research in three of the main areas of biological anthropology–the human fossil record (Susan Antón), primate behavior and ecology (Craig Stanford), and human biology and the brain (John Allen)–they offer a specialist approach that engages students and gives them everything they need to master the subject. The Fourth Edition continues to present traditional physical anthropology within a modern Darwinian framework, and includes coverage of contemporary discoveries to highlight the ever-increasing body of knowledge in biological anthropology.

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: PART I - FOUNDATIONS 1. What Is Biological Anthropology? 2. Origins of Evolutionary Thought PART II - MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION 3. Genetics: Cells and Molecules 4. Genetics: From Genotype to Phenotype 5. The Forces of Evolution and the Formation of Species 6. Human Variation: Evolution, Adaptation, and Adaptability PART III - PRIMATES 7. The Primates 8. Primate Behavior PART IV - THE FOSSIL RECORD 9. Geology and Primate Origins 10. Early Hominins and Australopithecus 11. Rise of the Genus Homo 12. Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals 13. The Emergence, Dispersal, and Bioarchaeology of Homo sapiens PART V - BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF MODERN HUMANS 14. Evolution of the Brain and Behavior 15. Biomedical and Forensic Anthropology

✦ Subjects

Physical anthropology;Textbooks;Physical anthropology