TY - BOOK AU - Jurmain,Robert AU - Nelson,Harry TI - Introduction to physical anthropology SN - 0314027785 (soft : recycled, acidfree paper) AV - GN60 .N44 1994 U1 - 573 20 PY - 1994/// CY - Minneapolis PB - West KW - Physical anthropology KW - Anthropology, Physical N1 - 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 ER -