A human voyage
Subtitle: exploring biological anthropology
By: Anne Keenleyside, Richard Lazenby
Contributors: Lazenby, Richard A.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780176473457
Subjects: Anthropologie physique; Evolution; Physical anthropology; Anthropology; Human evolution; Anthropometry; Primates; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Other titles: Exploring biological anthropology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Deep currents. Introduction to biological anthropology; title: Science and the development of evolutionary theory; title: The biological basis of human variation; title: From variant to species; title: pt. 2. Tropical currents. What it means to be a primate; title: Primate behavioural ecology; title: Primate evolution; title: pt. 3. Ancient currents. What it means to be a Hominin; title: Hominin origins : from ape to australopithecine; title: Plio-Pleistocene transitions : the emergence of the genus Homo; title: The advent of humanity; title: The emergence of anatomically modern humans; title: pt. 4. Modern currents. Contemplating modern human diversity; title: Biology of contemporary and past populations; title: Biological anthropology as applied science; title: Human legacies, human prospects.