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Essentials of Physical Anthropology 10th Edition by Robert Jurmain, ISBN-13: 978-1305633810
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- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 10th edition (March 2, 2016)
- Language: English
- 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 1305633814
- ISBN-13: 978-1305633810
Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 10th Edition, introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand why it is important to know about human evolution. You’ll learn how humans are biologically connected to all other life, including our ancient ancestors and our contemporary primate cousins, and how closely modern human populations are related to each other. Numerous high-quality visual diagrams, artwork, maps, photographs, and other learning tools will help you grasp the big picture of human evolution.
Table of Contents:
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Supplements
Ch 1: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
The Human Connection
Biocultural Evolution
What is Anthropology?
Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method
The Anthropological Perspective
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 2: The Development of Evolutionary Theory
A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought
Natural Selection
Constraints on Nineteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory
Opposition to Evolution Today
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 3: The Biological Basis of Life
Cells
From DNA to Protein
What is a Gene?
Regulatory Genes
Cell Division
New Frontiers
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 4: Heredity and Evolution
The Genetic Principles Discovered by Mendel
Mendelian Inheritance in Humans
Polygenic Inheritance
Genetic and Environmental Factors
Mitochondrial Inheritance
Modern Evolutionary Theory
Factors That Produce and Redistribute Variation
Natural Selection is Directional and Acts on Variation
Review of Genetics and Evolutionary Factors
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 5: Processes of Macroevolution
How We Connect: Discovering the Human Place in the Organic World
Constructing Classifications and Interpreting Evolutionary Relationships
Definition of Species
What are Fossils and How Do They Form?
Vertebrate Evolutionary History: A Brief Summary
Processes of Macroevolution
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 6: An Overview of the Primates
Primate Characteristics
Primate Adaptations
Primate Classification
A Survey of the Living Primates
Endangered Primates
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 7: Primate Behavior
The Evolution of Behavior
Why Be Social?
Primate Social Strategies
Reproduction and Reproductive Behaviors
Primate Cultural Behavior
Language
The Primate Continuum
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 8: Primate and Hominin Origins
Early Primate Evolution
Understanding the Human Connection to Other Primates: Biocultural Evolution
Discovering Human Evolution: The Science of Paleoanthropology
Understanding Our Direct Evolutionary Connections: What’s a Hominin?
Walking the Walk: The Bipedal Adaptation
Digging for Connections: Early Hominins from Africa
Closer Connections: Early Homo (2+-1.4 mya)
Interpretations: What Does It All Mean?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 9: The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries
A New Kind of Hominin
The Morphology of Homo Erectus
The Geographical Range of Homo Erectus
Technological Trends during the Time of Homo Erectus
Seeing the Connections: Interpretations of Homo Erectus
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 10: Premodern Humans
When, Where, and What
Premodern Humans of the Middle Pleistocene
Middle Pleistocene Culture
Neandertals: Premodern Humans of the Late Pleistocene
Culture of Neandertals
Molecular Connections: The Genetic Evidence
Seeing Close Human Connections: Understanding Premodern Humans
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 11: The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans
Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins
The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans
Something New and Different: The “Little People”
Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 12: Human Variation and Adaptation
Historical Views of Human Variation
The Concept of Race
Contemporary Interpretations of Human Variation
Human Biocultural Evolution
Population Genetics
The Adaptive Significance of Human Variation
Infectious Disease
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Life Course
Evolved Biology and Contemporary Lifestyles-Is there a Mismatch?
Biocultural Evolution and the Life Course
Diet and Nutrition through the Life Course
Life History Theory and the Human Life Course
Aging and Longevity
Are We Still Evolving?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 14: The Human Disconnection
Human Impact on the Planet and on Other Life-Forms
Global Climate Change
Impact on Biodiversity
Acceleration of Evolutionary Processes
Looking for Solutions
Is There Any Good News?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy
Appendix B: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa
Appendix C: Population Genetics
Appendix D: Sexing and Aging the Skeleton
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index
Robert Jurmain received an A.B. in Anthropology from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard. He taught at San Jose State University from 1975 to 2004 and is now professor emeritus. During his teaching career, he taught courses in all major branches of physical anthropology, including osteology and human evolution, with the greatest concentration in general education teaching for introductory students. His research interests are skeletal biology of humans and non-human primates, paleopathology, and paleoanthropology. In addition to his three textbooks, which together have appeared in 35 editions, he is the author of STORIES FROM THE SKELETON: BEHAVIORAL RECONSTRUCTION IN HUMAN OSTEOLOGY (1999, Gordon Breach Publishers), as well as numerous articles in research journals.
Lynn Kilgore earned her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she now holds an affiliate faculty position. Her primary research interests are osteology and paleopathology. She has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in human osteology, primate behavior, human heredity and evolution, and general physical anthropology. Her research focuses on developmental defects as well as on disease and trauma in human and great ape skeletons.
Wenda Trevathan is regents’ professor, emerita, of anthropology at New Mexico State University, where she taught from 1983 to 2009. She is a biological anthropologist whose research focuses on the evolutionary and biocultural factors underlying human reproduction, including childbirth, maternal behavior, sexuality, and menopause. Her primary publications include works on the evolution of childbirth and evolutionary medicine. Her recent books include ANCIENT BODIES, MODERN LIVES: HOW EVOLUTION HAS SHAPED WOMEN’S HEALTH (2010, Oxford University Press) and COSTLY AND CUTE: HELPLESS INFANTS AND HUMAN EVOLUTION (2016, SAR/UNM Press). She is also the Editor in Chief of the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, which will be published by John Wiley and Sons in 2018. She has taught courses in physical anthropology, nutritional anthropology, medical anthropology, evolutionary medicine, and anthropology of reproduction.
Eric Bartelink received a B.S. in Anthropology from Central Michigan University (1995), an M.A. in Anthropology at California State University, Chico (2001), and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University (2006). He has taught for eleven years at California State University, Chico, where he is currently a Full Professor and Director of the Human Identification Laboratory. He teaches courses in introductory physical anthropology, human osteology, human growth and development, human origins, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and statistics. His research interests focus on the bioarchaeology of Native California, dietary reconstruction using stable isotope analysis, and applications within forensic anthropology. He is a co-author on ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (10e, Cengage Learning), FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY: CURRENT METHODS AND PRACTICE (2014, Academic/Elsevier Press), and has authored and co-authored numerous articles in scientific journals.
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