Biological anthropology
"Contemporary biological anthropology is a dauntingly broad field. It studies humans in the same way that zoologists study their subject species--from a perspective that includes all aspects of the species' biology and that emphasizes the interrelationships among those aspects. In addition...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 7th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Biological anthropology
- 2. The evolution of evolution
- 3. Evolutionary genetics
- 4. The processes of evolution
- 5. The origin of species and the shape of evolution
- 6. A brief evolutionary timetable
- 7. The primates
- 8. Primate behavior and human evolution
- 9. Studying the human past
- 10. Evolution of the early hominids
- 11. The evolution of genus homo
- 12. Evolution and adaptation in human populations
- 13. Human biological diversity
- 14. Biological anthropology and today's world