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Exploring Biological Anthropology Craig Stanford

Exploring Biological Anthropology By Craig Stanford

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Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials by Craig Stanford

Fron foundation to innovation: discover the best of biological anthropology.

Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropology has rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals 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.

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Table of Contents

Part I Foundations

Chapter 1: Introduction: What is Biological Anthropology?

Chapter 2: Origins of Evolutionary Thought

Part II Mechanisms of Evolution

Chapter 3: Genetics: Cells and Molecules

Chapter 4: Genetics: From Genotype to Phenotype

Chapter 5: The Forces of Evolution and the Formation of Species

Chapter 6: Human Variation: Evolution, Adaptation, and Adaptability

Part III Primates

Chapter 7: The Primates

Chapter 8: Primate Behavior

Part IV The Fossil Record

Chapter 9: Geology and Primate Origins

Chapter 10: Early Hominins and Australopithecus

Chapter 11: Rise of the Genus Homo

Chapter 12: Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals

Chapter 13: The Origin, Dispersal, and Bioarchaeology of Homo sapiens

Part V Biology and Behavior of Modern Humans

Chapter 14: Evolution of Brain and Behavior

Chapter 15: Biomedical and Forensic Anthropology

Appendix A: Primate and Human Comparative Anatomy

Appendix B: The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

Appendix C: Metric-Imperial Conversions

Additional information

CIN0205907334G
9780205907335
0205907334
Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials by Craig Stanford
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
20130103
480
N/A
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