Exploring biological anthropology the essentials 2nd edition ebook download

She is joint editor of the Journal of Human Evolution. Her field research concerns the evolution of genus Homo in Indonesia and human impact on island ecosystems in the South Pacific. She is best known for her work on H. She received awards for teaching as a graduate student instructor of introductory physical anthropology and anatomy at the University of California and was Teacher of the Year while at the University of Florida. Susan and her husband, Carl Swisher, a geochronologist, raise Anatolian shepherd dogs.

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A bibliography at the end of the text contains all of the references used and cited within the text to encourage students to continue reading topics of interest.

Two-page evolutionary features — appearing in a number of chapters, especially in Part IV — provide a snapshot of evolutionary development through time. These features provide a concise way for students to easily grasp evolutionary changes through our vast sweep of time in greater detail.

New to This Edition. It has been updated to include the new cosmogenic radionuclide technique that is changing how we think about the age of fossils sites in non-volcanic contexts, such as Zhoukoudian and the South African cave sites. More than 50 new anatomical illustrations especially prepared for this text by scientific illustrator Joanna Wallington have been added.

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Username Password Forgot your username or password? Sign Up Already have an access code? An electronic version of this textbook is available free of charge at the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges' webpage here: www. A critical assessment of how evidence in biological anthropology is discovered, collected and interpreted.

Devoting equal time to biological anthropology and prehistory, this text exposes students to the many sides of major controversial issues, involving students in the scientific thought process by allowing them to draw their own conclusions. In The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology, author Jon Marks presents an innovative framework for thinking about the major issues in the field with fourteen original essays designed to correlate to the core chapters in