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Physical Anthropology, with Powerwebby Philip L. Stein
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Now in full color, this carefully streamlined ninth edition provides students with a pedagogical program designed to facilitate comprehension. Stein and Rowe, award-winning teachers and authors, continue to share their love of discovery in this balanced, objective introduction to physical anthropology that does not assume any previous knowledge of the subject. Every concept is carefully explained and illustrated, guiding students step-by-step through difficult material. As always, Physical Anthropology uses the most current data to unravel the mystery of the evolution of humankind, and to examine the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment.
About the AuthorPhilip Stein has taught anthropology at Los Angeles Pierce College since 1964. He did double-duty as an instructor of Anthropology at California State University, Northridge from 1966-1975. Professor Stein has received many teaching awards and wrote the chapter on teaching physical anthropology for a book published by the American Anthropological Association.Bruce Rowe has taught anthropology at Los Angeles Pierce College since 1969. Professor Rowe has also received numerous awards for teaching. He teaches sociology and linguistics as well as physical and cultural anthropology.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Investigating the Nature of HumankindBox 1-1 The Branches of AnthropologyViews on the Essence of Humans, Nature, and TimeBox 1-3 The Scopes TrialDiscovering the Mechanisms of HeredityCytogeneticsBox 2-2 Facts about DNAMedical GeneticsGenetics and Human AffairsAdvances in the Molecular Study of GeneticsBox 3-4 DNA FingerprintingA Model of Population GeneticsBox 4-1 The Case of the Island of the ColorblindBox 4-3 The Population Genetics of Religious IsolatesBox 5-1 The Importance of WordsThe Origin of SpeciesBox 5-3 Eugenics and the Reduction of VariabilityTaxonomyBox 6-2 The Feet of WhalesPeople and the Animal WorldThe Primate OrderThe Living PrimatesBox 7-3 The Discovery of the GorillaChapter 8: Comparative Studies: Anatomy and GeneticsComparative Anatomy of the Skull And BrainBox 8-2 The Ultrastructure of Tooth EnamelChapter 9: Nonhuman Primate BehaviorCase Studies of Primate BehaviorBox 9-2 The Rhesus Monkeys of Cayo SantiagoChapter 10: Human Behavior In Perspective Are Humans Unique? Box 10-2 Bird and Human Communication: Alex the Parrot and the FOXP2 GeneBox 11-1 Fossils of the GodsGeological Time Box 11-3 The Piltdown Skull Chapter 12: The Early Primate Fossil Record and the Evolution of the Anthropoidea Box 12-1 Discovering the Earliest Primate Origins of the HomininsDiscoveries of the Early HominidsEarly Hominids: Interpretations of the Evidence Chapter 14: Early Species of The Genus Homo Box 14-1 The Little Hominins of Flores IslandBox 14-3 How Do You Spell and Pronounce "Neandert_l?" The Culture of Early Homo Chapter 15: The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens The Culture of Homo sapiens Post-Pleistocene Homo sapiens Chapter 16: The Biology of Modern Homo SapiensBox 16-1 How High Can People Live without Bottled Oxygen?The Nature of Human Growth and DevelopmentChapter 17: The Analysis of Human VariationBox 17-1 Skeletal Evidence of Cultural PracticesBox 17-2 Are the Japanese, on the Average, Smarter than Americans?Cultural Changes and Their ConsequencesApplication of Anthropological KnowledgeAppendix: An Introduction to Skeletal Anatomy and the Anatomy of the Brain Glossary of Primate Higher TaxaIndex |
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