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- ISBN-10 : 0393938662
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393938661
- Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Third Edition, is rich with stunning and photorealistic art, thoughtful pedagogy, innovative media, and up-to-date, student-centered content that illuminate physical anthropology’s most important themes.
Table of contents:
- Ch 1: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
- The Human Connection
- Biocultural Evolution
- What is Anthropology?
- Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method
- The Anthropological Perspective
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 2: The Development of Evolutionary Theory
- A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought
- Natural Selection
- Constraints on Nineteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory
- Opposition to Evolution Today
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 3: The Biological Basis of Life
- Cells
- From DNA to Protein
- What is a Gene?
- Regulatory Genes
- Cell Division
- New Frontiers
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 4: Heredity and Evolution
- The Genetic Principles Discovered by Mendel
- Mendelian Inheritance in Humans
- Polygenic Inheritance
- Genetic and Environmental Factors
- Mitochondrial Inheritance
- Modern Evolutionary Theory
- Factors That Produce and Redistribute Variation
- Natural Selection is Directional and Acts on Variation
- Review of Genetics and Evolutionary Factors
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 5: Processes of Macroevolution
- How We Connect: Discovering the Human Place in the Organic World
- Constructing Classifications and Interpreting Evolutionary Relationships
- Definition of Species
- What are Fossils and How Do They Form?
- Vertebrate Evolutionary History: A Brief Summary
- Processes of Macroevolution
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 6: An Overview of the Primates
- Primate Characteristics
- Primate Adaptations
- Primate Classification
- A Survey of the Living Primates
- Endangered Primates
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 7: Primate Behavior
- The Evolution of Behavior
- Why Be Social?
- Primate Social Strategies
- Reproduction and Reproductive Behaviors
- Primate Cultural Behavior
- Language
- The Primate Continuum
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 8: Primate and Hominin Origins
- Early Primate Evolution
- Understanding the Human Connection to Other Primates: Biocultural Evolution
- Discovering Human Evolution: The Science of Paleoanthropology
- Understanding Our Direct Evolutionary Connections: What’s a Hominin?
- Walking the Walk: The Bipedal Adaptation
- Digging for Connections: Early Hominins from Africa
- Closer Connections: Early Homo (2+-1.4 mya)
- Interpretations: What Does It All Mean?
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 9: The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries
- A New Kind of Hominin
- The Morphology of Homo Erectus
- The Geographical Range of Homo Erectus
- Technological Trends during the Time of Homo Erectus
- Seeing the Connections: Interpretations of Homo Erectus
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 10: Premodern Humans
- When, Where, and What
- Premodern Humans of the Middle Pleistocene
- Middle Pleistocene Culture
- Neandertals: Premodern Humans of the Late Pleistocene
- Culture of Neandertals
- Molecular Connections: The Genetic Evidence
- Seeing Close Human Connections: Understanding Premodern Humans
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 11: The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans
- Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins
- The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans
- Something New and Different: The “Little People”
- Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 12: Human Variation and Adaptation
- Historical Views of Human Variation
- The Concept of Race
- Contemporary Interpretations of Human Variation
- Human Biocultural Evolution
- Population Genetics
- The Adaptive Significance of Human Variation
- Infectious Disease
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Life Course
- Evolved Biology and Contemporary Lifestyles-Is there a Mismatch?
- Biocultural Evolution and the Life Course
- Diet and Nutrition through the Life Course
- Life History Theory and the Human Life Course
- Aging and Longevity
- Are We Still Evolving?
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Ch 14: The Human Disconnection
- Human Impact on the Planet and on Other Life-Forms
- Global Climate Change
- Impact on Biodiversity
- Acceleration of Evolutionary Processes
- Looking for Solutions
- Is There Any Good News?
- Summary of Main Topics
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy
- Appendix B: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa
- Appendix C: Population Genetics
- Appendix D: Sexing and Aging the Skeleton
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index
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