(eBook PDF) Exploring Biological Anthropology The Essentials 4th Edition by Craig Stanford

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0134323831
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134323831
• Author:  Craig Stanford (Author), John S. Allen (Author), Susan C. Antón (Author)

Discover the best of biological anthropology: From its earliest foundations to its most current innovations.

Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropology has rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals and populations, our primate relatives, human adaptation, and human behavior.

The 3^rd edition of Exploring Biological Anthropology combines the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the foundations of the field with modern innovations and discoveries.

table of contents:

PART I: FOUNDATIONS
1. What Is Biological Anthropology?
2. Origins of Evolutionary Thought

PART II: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION
3. Genetics: Cells and Molecules
4. Genetics: From Genotype to Phenotype
5. The Forces of Evolution and the Formation of Species
6. Human Variation: Evolution, Adaptation, and Adaptability

PART III: PRIMATES
7. The Primates
8. Primate Behavior

PART IV: THE FOSSIL RECORD
9. Geology and Primate Origins
10. Early Hominins and Australopithecus
11. Rise of the Genus Homo
12. Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals
13. The Emergence, Dispersal, and Bioarchaeology of Homo sapiens

PART V: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF MODERN HUMANS
14. Evolution of the Brain and Behavior
15. Biomedical and Forensic Anthropology

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