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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
by Bryan Sykes  Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, an illuminating guide to the genetic history of the British Isles. One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons...
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Though we share 98% of our genes with the chimpanzee, our species evolved into something quite extraordinary. Jared Diamond explores the fascinating question of what in less than 2% of our genes has enabled us to found civilizations and religions...
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Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton
by M. Anne (edt) Katzenberg Publisher Comments Advance praise for the Second Edition: The substantial widening of the coverage and the inclusion of issues that have received increased or revitalized research interest since publication of the First Edition will provide unrivalled comprehensiveness...
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A Brief History of Drugs: From Stone Age to the Stoned Age
by Antonio Escohotado Publisher Comments A clear-eyed look at the instrumental role drugs have played in our cultural, social, and spiritual development." •First American publication of the surprising European bestseller." •Examines everything from the ancient use of ergot and datura to the...
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Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning of the Maya Calender End-Date
by John Major Jenkins Publisher Comments While researching the 2012 end-date of the Maya Calendar, John Major Jenkins decoded the Maya's galactic cosmology. The Maya discovered that the periodic alignment of the Sun with the center of the Milky Way galaxy is the formative influence on human...
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten...
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Texas A&m University Anthropology #13: Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves
by Rob Desalle Synopsis Ever since the recognition of the Neanderthals as an archaic form of human in the mid-nineteenth century, the fossilized bones of extinct humans have been used by paleoanthropologists to explore human origins. These bones tell the story of how the...
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Third Chimpanzee the Evolution & Future
by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Part One A Tale of Three Chimps The next time you visit a zoo, make a point of walking past the ape cages. Imagine that the apes had lost most of their hair, and imagine a cage nearby holding some unfortunate people who had no clothes and couldn't speak...
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to...
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
by Spencer Wells Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index....
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
by Gary Paul Nabhan 
Publisher Comments Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chile peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human...
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The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE
by Ian Tattersall Publisher Comments To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of inquiring into our own evolution. In this lively and readable introduction,...
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The Early Bronze Age I Tombs and Burials of BB Edh-Dhr', Jordan
by Donald J. Ortner Synopsis This study is the result of decades of analysis of the skeletal material from the Early Bronze Age I tombs at the site of Bb edh-Dhr', Jordan....
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Mistaking Africa : Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind (99 Edition)
by Curtis A. Keim Publisher Comments For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, wild animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions or ask how they came to be so deeply lodged in the...
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Skin: A Natural History
by Nina G. Jablonski Publisher Comments We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch...
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The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
by Ann Gibbons Publisher Comments In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind? Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists...
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Buried Alive: The Startling Truth about Neanderthal Man
by Jack Cuozzo Publisher Comments In 1979, New Jersey orthodontist Jack Cuozzo was granted access to the world's most famous Neanderthal skeletons in Germany, France, and Israel. His interest in the mysterious remains began as mere curiosity about these ancient creatures. His findings...
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
by William Maples Publisher Comments From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In Dead Men Do Tell...
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
by Gary Paul Nabhan Publisher Comments In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel with Nabhan from Java and Bali to...
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Adventures in the Bone Trade
by Jon Kalb Synopsis Over the past 25 years, a stream of fossil and artifact discoveries in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia has produced the longest single record of human ancestors in the world. Many of the fossils found in this region are the missing links leading to...
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