Introduction to physical anthropology /
Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson.
- 6th ed.
- Minneapolis : West, c1994.
- xvi, 547 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Introduction what is anthropology cultural anthropology e.tc
CHAPTER TWO: THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF LIFE Introduction The cell Chromosomes Cell division: mitosis e.tc
CHAPTER THREE: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE Introduction Gregor Mendel's experiments with garden peas Mendelian Inheritance in humans e.tc
CHAPTER FOUR: PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION introduction The path to natural selection The scientific revolution Darwin's theory of evolution e.tc
CHAPTER FIVE: APPROACHES TO HUMAN VARIATION Introduction The concept of race Historical views toward human variation Human polymorphisms e.tc
CHAPTER SIX: HUMAN ADAPTABILITY: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Introduction Adaptation and acclimatization Light/solar environment High-altitude stress e.tc
CHAPTER SEVEN: EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY Introduction the human place in the organic world taxonomy e.tc
CHAPTER EIGHT: LIVING PRIMATES introduction primate evolutionary trends The Arboreal adaptation The living primates e.tc
CHAPTER NINE: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRIMATE BEHAVIOUR Introduction Behaviour and human origins Nonhuman primates e.tc
CHAPTER TEN: PRIMATE MODELS FOR HUMAN EVOLUTION Introduction Aspects of life history and body size Communication Affiliation behaviours e.tc
CHAPTER ELEVEN: PRIMATE EVOLUTION Introduction Time scale Early primate evolution e.tc
CHAPTER TWELVE: PALEONTHROPOLOGY Introduction Definition of hominid The strategy of palaeoanthropology e.tc
CHAPTER THIRTEEN : PLIO-PLEISTOCENE HOMINIDS Introduction Characteristics of hominids: The central role OF bipedal locomotion Early hominids in the Plio-Pleistocene The East African Rift Valley e.tc
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: PLIO-PLEISTOCENE HOMINIDS: ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION Introduction Geology and dating problems in south Africa Interpretations: What does it all mean? e.tc
Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-530) and index.