This text introduces physical anthropology, the science of human biological evolution and variation. Divided into four parts, it addresses the major questions that concern biological anthropologists--"What are humans?" "Where are our origins?" "How did we evolve, and are we still evolving?" and "What does the future hold for the human species?--with an emphasis on hypothesis testing and the relationship between biology and culture.

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Politics & Social Sciences

John H. Relethford

Anthropology

McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

In its ninth edition, The Human Species continues to provide a comprehensive approach to biological anthropology, especially the relationship between biology and culture, behavior in an evolutionary context, and humans as a species within the primate order. With its lively narrative and emphasis on the most current topics and findings in the field, The Human Species explores the major questions that concern biological anthropologists about our species.

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, 9th Edition

McGraw=Hill

A major debate in anthropology concerns the relationship betweenanatomically modern humans and earlier "archaic" humans includingthe Neandertals. What was the origin of modern humans? Did we ariseas a new species in Africa 200,000 years ago and then replacearchaic human populations outside of Africa, or are our originspart of a single evolving lineage extending back over the past twomillion years? In addition to fossil and archaeological evidence,anthropologists have increasingly turned to using genetic data onliving populations to address this question. Patterns of geneticvariation within and between living human populations are felt tocontain clues as to our species' evolutionary history, and providea reflection of the past. This book reviews the modern human origins debate focusing on thegenetic evidence relating to our origins, including geneticvariation in living humans and recent discoveries of ancient DNAfrom fossil specimens. Following a brief introduction to theproblem and a review of evolutionary genetics, the book focuses ongene trees and the search for a common ancestor, genetic diversitywithin populations, genetic distances between populations, the useof genetic data to reconstruct ancient demography, and NeandertalDNA. The main point of the text is that although the genetic dataare often compatible with a replacement model, they are alsocompatible with some multiregional models. The concluding chaptermakes the case that modern human origins are mostly, but notexclusively, out of Africa.

Genetics and the Search for Modern Human Origins

Wiley-Liss

This general introduction to contemporary physical anthropology presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: genetics and evolutionary theory, human variation, human evolution, and the biology, behavior, and evolution of primates.

Mayfield Pub.Co

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology Edition: 4

Mayfield

Human Species Biological Anthropology

Mayfield Publishing Company

Engaging introduction to all major areas of contemporary biological anthropology.

Houghton Mifflin (Mayfield)

Now in full color, this biological anthropology text presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: genetics and evolutionary theory, human biological variation, primate biology and behavior, and human evolution. The relationship between biology and culture is a major focus throughout the text, and the emphasis is on the human species within the primate order: discussions of mammals and nonhuman primates continually refer back to their potential relevance for understanding the human species. The text contains material often neglected in introductory texts, such as discussions of adaptation, human health and disease and demography, and human growth.

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The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, 9th Edition

Genetics and the Search for Modern Human Origins

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology Edition: 4

Human Species Biological Anthropology

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology