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Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 09/10 (Annual Editions)
by Elvio Angeloni  Synopsis This Eighteenth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: Physical Anthropology provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web...
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Human Antiquity
by Kenneth L. Feder About the Author Ken Feder received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Connecticut in 1982. He is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University where he has taught since 1977. He is the founder and director of...
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Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation #39: Cortical Development
by Christine F. Hohmann Synopsis The cerebral neocortex, a structure unique to the mammalian brain and prerequisite for higher cognitive functions, has since decades attracted the curiosity of neurobiologists and developmental biologists alike. This volume gives a comprehensive and up...
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Presynaptic Inhibition and Neural Control
by Romo Mendell Rudomin Publisher Comments This is a timely review of the mechanisms underlying the presynaptic control of synaptic transmission and the role they play in sensory and motor behavior. Early chapters offer a detailed account of the anatomy, biophysics, and physiology of synaptic...
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Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier
by Brenda Fowler Synopsis The spectacular 1991 discovery of a Stone Age man in the Alps stunned the archeological community. "Iceman" takes readers inside scientific investigations by the anthropologists, botanists, and archeologists who saw in this lonely frozen figure the clues...
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Studies in Generative Grammar #6: Introduction to Neural Dynamics and Signal Transmission Delay
by Jianhong Wu Book News Annotation A textbook for a senior undergraduate and graduate students in applied mathematics that summarizes recent results on dynamics of delay differential equations arising from neural networks. Wu has developed notes for a graduate course in neural dynamics he...
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Skeletal Attribution of Race: Methods for Forensic Anthropology
by George W. Gill Publisher Comments A great book for students of forensic anthropology....
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Braindance
by Dean Falk Book News Annotation Anthropologist Falk presents a popular account of the current theories of human origins. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Primate Encounters: Models of Science, Gender, and Society
by Shirley C. Strum Publisher Comments A provocative collective reflection on primatology and its relations to broader cultural, historical, and social issues, "Primate Encounters" brings together both scientists and those who study them to investigate precisely what kind of science...
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A world of faces :masks of the northwest coast Indians
by Edward Malin Publisher Comments An exploration of the meaning behind the treasured masks created by artisans for ritual purposes, or simply for enjoyment. The author presents a photo gallery of outstanding examples....
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Human Remains (Interpreting the Past)
by Andrew Chamberlain Synopsis Burial monuments and grave artifacts long have been studied by antiquarians, and now recent advances in medicine and science allow close, accurate investigation of human remains. Andrew Chamberlain's absorbing book explains and evaluates these new...
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People of the Great Ocean: Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific
by Philip Houghton Publisher Comments Human settlement of the western fringes of the Pacific occurred at least 40,000 years ago. Long, hazardous sea voyages were the only way of reaching the tiny islands scattered through this vast expanse of ocean. Food and shelter were hard to come by...
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Wily Monkeys - Social Intelligence of Tibetan Macaques
by Book News Annotation Ogawa develops his work on Tibetan macaques at Mt. Huangshan in China and notes that the monkeys there engage in social behaviors that have never been observed elsewhere and have distinct differences in their social interactions, ranging from familial...
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Dawn of Man: The Story of Human Evolution
by Robin Mckie Publisher Comments Why did our earliest ancestors leave the trees and start to walk on two legs? What were the early people like? Did they have language? Were they predators or prey? Dawn of Man tells the remarkable epic of our 5-million-year journey from ape to man. This...
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The origin of humankind
by Richard Leakey Publisher Comments “The name Leakey is synonymous with the study of human origins,” wrote The New York Times. The renowned family of paleontologists—Louis Leakey, Mary Leakey, and their son Richard Leakey—has vastly expanded our understanding of...
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Animal Touch
by Kirsten Hall Publisher Comments In this series beginning readers discover the interesting ways that animals use their senses. Each book focuses on one of the five senses and describes how a variety of animals--"from large mammals to tiny insects--"use that sense....
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The great human diasporas :the history of diversity and evolution
by L Cavalli Sforza Book News Annotation Population geneticist Cavalli-Sforza summarizes his 40 years of research on the connections between current genetic data and the evolutionary past for general readers. He outlines the fundamentals of evolutionary theory, shows how archaeological and...
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At the South-East Asian Table (Images of Asia)
by Alice Yen Ho Publisher Comments Food as a daily meal or as a religious offering is fundamental to the cultures of South-East Asia. This new volume in the popular Images of Asia series explores the multifaceted aspects of food in South-East Asia. Beginning with a historical and...
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Troweling Through Time: The First Century of Mesa Verdean Archaeology
by Florence Cline Lister Publisher Comments The author, one of archaeology's eminent authorities, presents the long and colorful history of exploration in the Mesa Verde area of the American Southwest....
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Eyes (Amazing Animals)
by Rebecca L. Grambo Publisher Comments Provides students with a wealth of information for animal-related class assignments, projects, reports....
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