Background for man
Subtitle: readings in physical anthropology.
By: Selected by Phyllis Dolhinow [and] Vincent Sarich.
Contributors: Sarich, Vincent, joint comp.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Physical anthropology; Human evolution
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Physical anthropology: theory and methods, by P. Dolhinow and V. Sarich.; title: Forces of evolution and their integration, by G. G. Simpson.; title: The role of systematics in biology, by E. Mayr.; title: Major steps in vertebrate evolution, by A. S. Romer.; title: A molecular approach to the question of human origins, by V. Sarich.; title: The study of human evolution, by S. L. Washburn.; title: Variation and the taxonomy of the early hominids, by J. T. Robinson.; title: Review of man-apes or ape-men?, by F. C. Howell.; title: Homo erectus, by A. Mann.; title: Human variation in an evolutionary perspective, by V. Sarich.; title: Genetic aspects of race, by C. Stern.; title: Genetic aspects of race mixture, by C. Stern.; title: In praise of waste, by G. Hardin.; title: The living nonhuman primates, by P. Dolhinow.; title: Field studies of Old World monkeys and apes, by S. L. Washburn, P. C. Jay, and J. B. Lancaster.; title: Dimensions of a comparative biology of primate groups, by H. Kummer.; title: Brain research and behavioural activity, by J. M. R. Delgado.; title: On the evolution of tool-using behavior, by J. B. Lancaster.; title: Tool using performances as indicators of behavioral adaptability, by K. R. L. Hall.; title: The evolution of hunting, by S. L. Washburn and C. S. Lancaster.