Introduction to Physical Anthropology
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品牌: Robert Jurmain
基本信息出版社:Wadsworth; 13th Revised edition (2011年4月27日)平装:608页正文语种:英语ISBN:1111350175条形码:9781111350178商品尺寸:27.2 x 21.6 x 2.5 cmASIN:1111350175商品描述内容简介"Physical Anthropology: An Introduction, International Edition" continues to present the most up-to-date and balanced, comprehensive introduction to the field, combining an engaging writing style and compelling visual content to bring the study of physical anthropology to life for today's students. With a focus on the big picture of human evolution, the text helps students master the basic principles of the subject and arrive at an understanding of the human species and its place in the biological world. This book continues to keep pace with changes in the field by including thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and genomics, primatology, key fossil discoveries, and modern human biology. A new Conclusion: Why it Matters, drives home the importance of understanding human evolution and the incredible impact our species has had, and will continue to have, on the environment and all life forms on this planet.目录1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory. 3. The Biological Basis of Life. 4. Heredity and Evolution. 5. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation. 6. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation. 7. Legacies of Human Evolutionary History. 8. Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution. 9. Survey of the Living Primates. 10. Primate Behavior. 11. Primate Models for Human Behavioral Evolution. 12. Overview of the Fossil Primates. 13. Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology. 14. Hominin Origins in Africa. 15. The Earliest Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries. 16. Premodern Humans. 17. The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans. Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy. Appendix B: Taxonomy of Living and Selected Extinct Primates. Appendix C: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa. Appendix D: Population Genetics: The Math of Microevolution. Glossary. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index.
