Essentials of physical anthropology /
Jurmain, Robert,
Essentials of physical anthropology / Robert Jurmain, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, Lynn Kilgore, University of Colorado, Boulder, Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, Eric J. Bartelink, California State University, Chico. - Tenth edition. - xvii, 445 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-426) and index.
Introduction to physical anthropology -- The development of evolutionary theory -- The biological basis of life -- Heredity and evolution -- Processes of macroevolution -- An overview of the primates -- Primates behavior -- Primate and Hominin origins -- The first dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and contemporaries -- Premodern humans -- The origin and dispersal of modern humans -- Human variation and adaptation -- Legacies of human evolutionary history: effects on the life course -- The human disconnection.
9781305633810 (alk. paper)
2015959307
Physical anthropology--Textbooks.
GN60.N43 / J87 2017
Essentials of physical anthropology / Robert Jurmain, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, Lynn Kilgore, University of Colorado, Boulder, Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, Eric J. Bartelink, California State University, Chico. - Tenth edition. - xvii, 445 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-426) and index.
Introduction to physical anthropology -- The development of evolutionary theory -- The biological basis of life -- Heredity and evolution -- Processes of macroevolution -- An overview of the primates -- Primates behavior -- Primate and Hominin origins -- The first dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and contemporaries -- Premodern humans -- The origin and dispersal of modern humans -- Human variation and adaptation -- Legacies of human evolutionary history: effects on the life course -- The human disconnection.
9781305633810 (alk. paper)
2015959307
Physical anthropology--Textbooks.
GN60.N43 / J87 2017