Introduction to physical anthropology / Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jurmain, Robert.

Contributor:

Kilgore, Lynn.

Trevathan, Wenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical anthropology.

Anthropology, Physical.

physical anthropology.

Medical Subjects:

Anthropology, Physical.

Physical Description:

xx, 539 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm

Edition:

10th ed.

Place of Publication:

Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, ©2005.

Contents:

1. Introduction

pt. 1. Heredity and evolution

2. The development of evolutionary theory

3. The biological basis of life

4. Heredity and evolution

5. Macroevolution : processes of vertebrate and mammalian evolution

pt. 2. Primates

6. An overview of the primates

7. Primate behavior

8. Primate models for human evolution

pt. 3. Hominid evolution

9. Paleoanthropology : reconstructing early hominid behavior and ecology

10. Hominid origins in Africa

11. The earliest dispersal of the genus Homo : Homo erectus and contemporaries

12. Premodern humans

13. Origin and dispersal of modern humans

pt. 4. Contemporary human evolution

14. Modern human biology : patterns of variation

15. Modern human biology : patterns of adaptation

16. Legacies of human evolutionary history.

Notes:

Revised edition of: Introduction to physical anthropology. 9th ed. c2003.

Includes passcode to InfoTrac college edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-525) and index.

ISBN:

053463902X

9780534639020

0534639038

9780534639037

OCLC:

58386817