Introduction to physical anthropology

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jurmain, Robert (Author), Ciochon, Russell L. (Author), Kilgore, Lynn (Author), Trevathan, Wenda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, California : Wadsworth Cengage Learning , c2014
Edition:2013-2014 ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to physical anthropology
  • 2. The development of evolutionary theory
  • 3. The biological basis of life
  • 4. Heredity and evolution
  • 5. Macroevolution: processes of vertebrate and mammalia evolution
  • 6. Survey of the living primates
  • 7. Primate behavior
  • 8. Overview of the fossil primates
  • 9. Paleoanthropology: reconstructing early hominin behavior and ecology
  • 10. Hominin origins in Africa
  • 11. The first dispersal of the genus homo: homo eractus and contemporaries
  • 12. Premodern humans
  • 13. The origin and dispersal of modern humans
  • 14. Modern human biology: patterns of variation
  • 15. Modern human biology: patterns of adaptation
  • 16. Legacies of human evolutionary history and the human life course
  • 17. The human disconnection