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Biological anthropology : an evolutionary perspective / Barbara J. King.
Penn Museum Library - Desk DVD GN281 .B56 2002 discs 1-4 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Great courses (DVD). Social sciences
- The great courses
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology.
- Human beings--Origin.
- Human beings.
- Human behavior.
- Human evolution.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + course guidebook (102 pages ; 22 cm).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 2002.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Twenty-four lectures by Barbara J. King, Professor of Anthropology at The College of William and Mary, detailing the evolution of humanity.
- Contents:
- part I. lecture 1. What is biological anthropology?
- lecture 2. How evolution works
- lecture 3. The debate over evolution
- lecture 4. Matter arising : new species
- lecture 5. Prosimians, monkeys, and apes
- lecture 6. Monkey and ape social behavior
- lecture 7. The mind of the great ape
- lecture 8. Models for human ancestors
- lecture 9. Introducing the hominids
- lecture 10. Lucy and company
- lecture 11. Stones and bones
- lecture 12. Out of Africa. part II. lecture 13. Who were the Neandertals?
- lecture 14. Did hunting make us human?
- lecture 15. The prehistory of gender
- lecture 16. Modern human anatomy and behavior
- lecture 17. On the origins of Homo sapiens
- lecture 18. Language
- lecture 19. Do human races exist?
- lecture 20. Modern human variation
- lecture 21. Body fat, diet, and obesity
- lecture 22. The body and mind evolving
- lecture 23. Tyranny of the gene?
- lecture 24. Evolution and our future.
- Participant:
- Lecturer, Barbara J. King.
- Notes:
- Accompanying course guidebook includes a glossary, species sketches, and annotated bibliographies.
- Course number 1573.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 156585733X :
- 9781565857339 :
- OCLC:
- 53888937
- Publisher Number:
- 9781565857339
- 1573 Teaching Company
- 1571--1572 Teaching Company
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