A Companion to Biological Anthropology
ISBN: 9781405189002 | 1405189002
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 4/26/2010
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A Companion to Biological Anthropology provides an extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology - the study of human variation and the evolutionary development of human and related species. Chapters are written by leading authorities who have themselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the discipline. Each contribution provides comprehensive discussions of current issues, as well as of controversies and future directions within the field.A Companion to Biological Anthropology opens with an ... MORE
| List of Illustrations | p. x |
| List of Tables | p. xvi |
| Notes on Contributors | p. xvii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| History | p. 11 |
| History of Biological Anthropology | p. 13 |
| The Present and the Living | p. 39 |
| Evolution: What It Means and How We Know | p. 41 |
| Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogenetics: Ordering Life... MORE | p. 56 |
| The Study of Human Population Genetics | p. 74 |
| Human Molecular Genetics: The DNA Revolution and Variation | p. 88 |
| Deconstructing Race: Racial Thinking, Geographic Variation, and Implications for Biological Anthropology | p. 104 |
| Growth, Development, Senescence, and Aging: A Life History Perspective | p. 124 |
| Climate-Related Morphological Variation and Physiological Adaptations in Homo sapiens | p. 153 |
| Emerging Themes in Anthropology and Epidemiology: Geographic Spread, Evolving Pathogens, and Syndemics | p. 167 |
| Demographic Estimation: Indirect Techniques for Anthropological Populations | p. 179 |
| Nutrition, Health, and Function | p. 194 |
| Ongoing Evolution in Humans | p. 207 |
| Primates Defined | p. 222 |
| Primate Behavior and Sociality | p. 243 |
| Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Speech | p. 258 |
| The Past and the Dead | p. 273 |
| Primate Origins: The Early Cenozoic Fossil Record | p. 275 |
| Catarrhine Cousins: The Origin and Evolution of Monkeys and Apes of the Old World | p. 295 |
| The Earliest Hominins | p. 314 |
| Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Early Members of the Genus Homo | p. 341 |
| Species, Populations, and Assimilation in Later Human Evolution | p. 357 |
| Bioarchaeology: Health, Lifestyle, and Society in Recent Human Evolution | p. 379 |
| Paleopathology: A Contemporary Perspective | p. 395 |
| Issues in Forensic Anthropology | p. 412 |
| Paleogenetics: Ancient DNA in Anthropology | p. 427 |
| The Living and the Dead | p. 443 |
| Diet Reconstruction and Ecology Using Stable Isotope Ratios | p. 445 |
| Current Concepts in Bone Biology | p. 465 |
| 'Growing Planes': Incremental Growth Layers in the Dental Enamel of Human Ancestors | p. 485 |
| Understanding Skull Function from a Mechanobiological Perspective | p. 501 |
| Tooth Form and Function in Biological Anthropology | p. 516 |
| Locomotor Function across Primates (Including Humans) | p. 530 |
| Science and Education | p. 545 |
| Science Education and Physical Anthropology | p. 547 |
| Index | p. 561 |
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Clark Spencer Larsen is Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. He has served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books and monographs, including Advances in Dental Anthropology (with Marc A. Kelley, 1991), Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton (1997), Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology (2002), and Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (2008).
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