A Companion to Biological Anthropology

by Larsen, Clark Spencer

• ISBN13: 9781405189002
• ISBN10: 1405189002
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology; chapters are written by leading scholars who have themselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the discipline. Extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology Larsen has created a who's who of biological anthropology, with contributions from the leading authorities in the field Contributing authors have played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the topics they write about Offers discussions of current issues, controversies, and future directions within the area Presents coverage of the many recent innovations and discoveries that are transforming the subject

Author Biography

Clark Spencer Larsen is Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. He has served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books and monographs, including Advances in Dental Anthropology (with Marc A. Kelley, 1991), Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton (1997), Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology (2002), and Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (2008).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. x
List of Tables	p. xvi
Notes on Contributors	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 1
History	p. 11
History of Biological Anthropology	p. 13
The Present and the Living	p. 39
Evolution: What It Means and How We Know	p. 41
Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogenetics: Ordering Life, Past and Present	p. 56
The Study of Human Population Genetics	p. 74
Human Molecular Genetics: The DNA Revolution and Variation	p. 88
Deconstructing Race: Racial Thinking, Geographic Variation, and Implications for Biological Anthropology	p. 104
Growth, Development, Senescence, and Aging: A Life History Perspective	p. 124
Climate-Related Morphological Variation and Physiological Adaptations in Homo sapiens	p. 153
Emerging Themes in Anthropology and Epidemiology: Geographic Spread, Evolving Pathogens, and Syndemics	p. 167
Demographic Estimation: Indirect Techniques for Anthropological Populations	p. 179
Nutrition, Health, and Function	p. 194
Ongoing Evolution in Humans	p. 207
Primates Defined	p. 222
Primate Behavior and Sociality	p. 243
Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Speech	p. 258
The Past and the Dead	p. 273
Primate Origins: The Early Cenozoic Fossil Record	p. 275
Catarrhine Cousins: The Origin and Evolution of Monkeys and Apes of the Old World	p. 295
The Earliest Hominins	p. 314
Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Early Members of the Genus Homo	p. 341
Species, Populations, and Assimilation in Later Human Evolution	p. 357
Bioarchaeology: Health, Lifestyle, and Society in Recent Human Evolution	p. 379
Paleopathology: A Contemporary Perspective	p. 395
Issues in Forensic Anthropology	p. 412
Paleogenetics: Ancient DNA in Anthropology	p. 427
The Living and the Dead	p. 443
Diet Reconstruction and Ecology Using Stable Isotope Ratios	p. 445
Current Concepts in Bone Biology	p. 465
'Growing Planes': Incremental Growth Layers in the Dental Enamel of Human Ancestors	p. 485
Understanding Skull Function from a Mechanobiological Perspective	p. 501
Tooth Form and Function in Biological Anthropology	p. 516
Locomotor Function across Primates (Including Humans)	p. 530
Science and Education	p. 545
Science Education and Physical Anthropology	p. 547
Index	p. 561
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