Physical anthropology
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Physical anthropology
McGraw-Hill, c1993
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This revision of "Physical Anthropology" combines information on discoveries impacting the on-going controversy over the origin of modern humans with a revamped design. The authors have included discussions on the "mitroshondrial eve" hypothesis and the discovery of a new Georgian (formerly Soviet Union) "homo erectus". New features include four-colour photo essays, a slightly larger trimsize to accommodate a more open design and chapter outlines. The fifth edition includes eighteen new boxes and a new appendix, "An introduction to skeletal anatomy and the anatomy of the brain". Also available - instructor's manual/test bank (ISBN 0-07-061185-8), computerized test banks: IBM (ISBN 0-07-831738-x), Mac(ISBN 0-07-833397-0) Apple (ISBN 0-07-833398-9).
Table of Contents
- The nature of humankind
- prerequisites to the development of an evolutionary theory
- human genetics
- cytogenetics and molecular genetics
- population genetics
- natural selection and the origin of species
- human adaptation and variability
- the analysis of human variation
- people's place in nature
- the living primates
- primate behavior
- human behavior in perspective
- comparative studies - anatomy and genetics
- the record of the past
- the early primate fossil record
- Australopithecus
- the early members of the Genus Homo
- Homo Sapiens
- the continuing human story.
by "Nielsen BookData"