Physical anthropology : original readings in method and practice / edited by Peter N. Peregrine, Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.

Other author Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal), 1963-
Other author Ember, Carol R.
Other author Ember, Melvin.
Format Book
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2002.
Descriptionvii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Evolutionary genetics / Robert B. Eckhardt -- Genes, bodies, and species / Jonathan Marks -- Paleoanthropology and evolutionary theory / Ian Tattersall -- Explaining primate origins / Matt Cartmill -- Why are primates so smart? / Joan B. Silk and Robert Boyd -- Miocene apes / David R. Begun -- Chimpanzee hunting behavior and human evolution / Craig B. Stanford -- Australopithecus afarensis and human evolution / Scott W. Simpson -- "Robust" australopithecines, our family tree, and homoplasy / Henry M. McHenry -- Natural history and evolutionary fate of Homo erectus / Andrew Kramer -- Neandertal growth : examining developmental adaptations in earlier Homo sapiens / Nancy Minugh-Purvis -- Testing theories and hypotheses about modern human origins / David W. Frayer -- Natural variation in human fecundity / Peter T. Ellison -- What accounts for population variation in height? / J. Patrick Gray and Linda D. Wolfe -- Growth and development of Turkana pastoralists / Michael A. Little -- Concept of race in physical anthropology / C. Loring Brace -- Paleoanthropology and life history, and life history of a paleoanthropologist / Timothy G. Bromage -- Evolution of a physical anthropologist / Katharine Milton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2001052110
ISBN013093979X

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN60 .P49 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold