Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology
- ISBN-10
- 1559346671
- ISBN-13
- 9781559346672
- Category
- Social Science / Anthropology / Physical
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Mayfield Publishing Company
- Author
- John Relethford
Description
A brief introduction to contemporary biological (physical) anthropology, this text presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: evolutionary theory and genetics; the biology, behavior, and evolution of the living primates; human evolution; and human variation. This is a shortened version of The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Third Edition.
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