The human species
Subtitle: an introduction to biological anthropology
By: John Relethford
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780078034985
Subjects: Physical anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
Description: "This text is an introduction to the field of biological anthropology (also known as physical anthropology), the science concerned with human biological evolution and variation. The text addresses the major questions that concern biological anthropologists: What are humans? How are we similar to and different from other animals? Where are our origins? How did we evolve? Are we still evolving? How are we different from one another? What does the future hold for the human species?"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PrefaceIntroduction: Anthropology and Biological AnthropologyPart I Evolutionary Background1 Science and Evolution2 Human Genetics3 The Forces of Evolution4 The Evolution and Classification of SpeciesPart II Our Place in Nature5 The Primates6 Primate Behavior and Ecology7 The Human SpeciesPart III Our Origins8 The Fossil Record9 Primate Origins and Evolution10 The First Hominins11 The Origin of the Genus Homo12 The Evolution of Archaic Humans13 The Origin of Modern HumansPart IV Our Diversity14 Race and Human Variation15 Recent Human Evolution16 Human Biocultural Adaptation17 The Biological Impact of Agriculture and CivilizationEpilogue The Future of Our SpeciesAppendix 1: Cell BiologyAppendix 2: Skeletal Biology: Forensic Anthropology and BioarchaeologyGlossaryReferencesCreditsIndex.