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Understanding physical anthropology and archaeology / William A. Turnbaugh , Jurmain, Robert ,Nelson, Harry, Kilgore, Lynn

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Belmont, CA : West/Wadsworth, c1999Publisher: c1999Edition: seventh editionDescription: xvi, 559 pages. : illustrations. (some color.), color. maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0534534511 (pbk.)
  • 9780534534516
Other title:
  • Physical anthropology and archaeology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.9 21 T.W.U
Contents:
The development of evolutionary theory; the inheritance of biological traits; microevolution in human populations; human variation and adaptation; an overview of the nonhuman primates; primate behaviour; mammalian/primate evolutionary history; paleoanthropology; hominid origins; early hominids - organization and interpretation; homo erectus; homo sapiens; archaeological approaches to later prehistory; domestication and agriculture; the rise of ancient civilizations; new world civilizations.
Summary: This text combines treatment of physical anthropology and archaeology and emphasizes human biological and cultural development. Stresses the importance of the biocultural approach and the techniques of paleoanthropology and archaeology for discovering information about the human past.
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Color maps of major fossil hominid sites and archaeological sites on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-543) and index.

The development of evolutionary theory; the inheritance of biological traits; microevolution in human populations; human variation and adaptation; an overview of the nonhuman primates; primate behaviour; mammalian/primate evolutionary history; paleoanthropology; hominid origins; early hominids - organization and interpretation; homo erectus; homo sapiens; archaeological approaches to later prehistory; domestication and agriculture; the rise of ancient civilizations; new world civilizations.

This text combines treatment of physical anthropology and archaeology and emphasizes human biological and cultural development. Stresses the importance of the biocultural approach and the techniques of paleoanthropology and archaeology for discovering information about the human past.

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