Physical anthropology and archaeology
By: Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Peter N. Peregrine
Contributors: Ember, Melvin; Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal), 1963-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780132276986
Subjects: Physical anthropology; Archaeology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is anthropology?; title: How we discover the past; title: How we study the human body; title: Genetics and evolution; title: Human variation and adaptation; title: The living primates; title: Primate evolution : from early primates to hominoids; title: The first hominids; title: The origins of culture and language; title: The emergence of homo; title: The emergence of homo sapiens; title: The Upper Paleolithic world; title: Origins of food production and settled life; title: Origins of cities and states; title: Cultural resource management and forensic anthropology; title: Medical anthropology.