<i>For courses in Biological Anthropology</i> <br> <br> <b>Present a concise overview of biological anthropology, from early foundations to recent innovations</b> <br> <i> <b>Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials</b> </i> combines concise coverage of the foundations of the field with mod
Exploring biological anthropology: the essentials
β Scribed by John Scott Allen, Susan C. AntΓ³n, Craig Britton Stanford
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 464
- Edition
- 3
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Discover the best of biological anthropology:From its earliest foundations toits most current innovations. Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropologyhas rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton,genetics ofindividuals and populations, our primate relatives, human adaptation, and human behavior. The 3rd edition of Exploring Biological Anthropology combines the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the foundations of the field with modern innovations and discoveries. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experiencefor you and your students. Heres how: Personalize Learning The new MyAnthroLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking - This text provides students with the best possible art, photos, and mapsfor every topic covered in the book, helping them gain a better understanding of key material. Engage Students Insights and Advances boxes and Innovations features help students develop an appreciation for the excitement of discovery. Support Instructors MyAnthroLab, an author-reviewed Instructors Manual, Electronic MyTest Test Bank, PowerPoint Presentation Slides, and Pearson Custom course material are available to be packaged with this text. Additionally, we offer package options for the lab portion of your course with Method & Practice in Biological Anthropology: A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses, or Atlas of Anthropology. Note: MyAnthroLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyAnthroLab, please visit: www.myanthrolab.com.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Machine generated contents note: 1.What Is Biological Anthropology? --
Anthropology and Its Subfields --
The Subfields of Anthropology --
The Scope of Biological Anthropology --
Paleoanthropology --
Skeletal Biology and Human Osteology --
Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology --
Forensic Anthropology --
Primatology --
Human Biology --
The Roots of Modern Biological Anthropology --
Summary --
2.Origins of Evolutionary Thought --
What Is Science? --
The Early Thinkers --
The Roots of Modern Science --
Linnaeus and the Natural Scheme of Life --
The Road to the Darwinian Revolution --
The Uniformitarians: Hutton and Lyell --
The Darwinian Revolution --
The GalaΜpagos --
Refining the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection --
Insights And Advances: Darwin versus Wallace? --
Science and Creationism --
Insights And Advances: What Is Intelligent Design? --
Summary --
3.Genetics: Cells and Molecules --
The Study of Genetics --
The Cell --
Cell Anatomy
β¦ Subjects
Physical anthropology;Textbooks;Physical anthropology
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