Essentials of Physical Anthropology [9th ed.] 978-1-111-83718-1

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Table of contents :
Chapter 1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology 2
Chapter 2 The Development of Evolutionary Theory 26
Chapter 3 The Biological Basis of Life 50
Chapter 4 Heredity and Evolution 72
Chapter 5 Processes of Macroevolution 96
Chapter 6 An Overview of the Primates 120
Chapter 7 Primate Behavior 154
Chapter 8 Primate and Hominin Origins 186
Chapter 9 The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus
and Contemporaries 230
Chapter 10 Premodern Humans 252
Chapter 11 The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans 282
Chapter 12 Human Variation and Adaptation 310
Chapter 13 Legacies of Human Evolutionary History:
Effects on the Individual 342
Chapter 14 The Human Disconnection 366

Essentials of Physical Anthropology [9th ed.]
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