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Classic and contemporary readings in physical anthropology / [edited by] Mary K. Sandford with Eileen M. Jackson.

Penn Museum Library GN60 .S18 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Sandford, Mary K.
Jackson, Eileen M.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Physical anthropology--Textbooks.
Physical anthropology.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Physical Description:
xii, 147 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
Student edition.
Place of Publication:
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, [2009]
Summary:
Edited by Mary K. Sandford with Eileen M. Jackson, this reader presents classic and contemporary articles on key issues dealing with the nature of science, evolution and heredity, primate behavior, human evolution, and modern human variation. Discussion questions and Internet resources conclude each chapter, providing you with further opportunities to consider and explore the topic at hand.
Contents:
The nature of science
Evolution and heredity
Primates
Human evolution
Modern human variation.
Science : truth without certainty / Eugenie Scott
Physical anthropology : its scope and aims, its history and present status in America / Aleš Hrdlička
The new physical anthropology / Sherwood H. Washburn
Patterns / Niles Eldredge
The fossils say yes / Donald R. Prothero
The origins of form / Sean B. Carroll
Evolution in action / Jonathan Weiner
A terrible Scrooge / Olivia Judson
Reading the book of Jim / Sharon Begley
The social life of baboons / S.L. Washburn and Irven Devore
Leading ladies / Jeanne Altmann
Dance of the sexes / Sharon T. Pochron and Patricia C. Wright
Learning from the chimpanzees : a message humans can understand / Jane Goodall
Why are some animals so smart? / Carel van Schaik
The antiquity of human walking / John Napier
Lucy's baby / Kate Wong
New fossils challenge line of descent in human family tree / Ann Gibbons
The dawn of Stone Age genomics / Elizabeth Pennisi
Bayond stones and bones / Sharon Begley with Mary Carmichael
Lactose and lactase / Norman Kretchmer
How Africa learned to love the cow / Erika Check
Skin deep / Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin
Ancient DNA reveals Neanderthals with red hair, fair complexions / Elizabeth Culotta.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780495510147
0495510149
OCLC:
176949204

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