Understanding physical anthropology and archaeology Barry Lewis Robert Jurmain Lynn Kilgore.

Synopsis

1. Introduction to Anthropology. 2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory. 3. Heredity and Evolution. 4. Modern Human Variation and Adaptation. 5. Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate & Mammalian Evolution. 6. An Overview of the Living Primates. 7. Primate Behavior. 8. Understanding the Human Past: Archaeological/Paleoanthropological Methods. 9. Hominid Origins. 10. The Earliest Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and Contemporaries. 11. Premodern Humans. 12. Origin & Dispersal of Modern Humans. 13. Holocene Hunters and Gatherers. 14. Food Production. 15. The First Civilizations. 16. New World Civilizations. Epilogue Our Biocultural Legacy. Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy. Appendix B: Summary of Early Fossil Finds From Africa. Glossary. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index.