Physical Anthropology

by Stein, Philip L.; Rowe, Bruce M.

• ISBN13: 9780072485943
• ISBN10: 0072485949
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The award-winning teachers and authors continue to share their love of discovery with students in this balanced, objective introduction to physical anthropology that does not assume that students have any previous knowledge of the subject. Carefully streamlined, making it more accessible and affordable, this eighth edition provides students with a pedagogical program designed to facilitate comprehension. Every concept is carefully explained and illustrated, guiding students step-by-step through difficult material. As always, Stein and Rowe use the most current data to unravel the mystery of the evolution of humankind, and to examine the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Investigating The Nature Of Humankind

The World of Physical Anthropology

The Nature of Science

Views on the Essence of Humans, Nature, and Time

Box 1-1 Science, Religion, and Political Intrigue-The Trial of Galileo

Box 1-2 The Scopes Trial

Chapter 2: The Study Of Heredity

Discovering the Mechanisms of Heredity

Cytogenetics

The Molecular Basis of Heredity

Box 2-1 Mendel And The Creative Interpretation Of Data

Box 2-2 Facts About DNA

Color Insert: Genetics: From Cells to DNA

Chapter 3: The Modern Study Of Human Genetics

Medical Genetics

Genetics and Human Affairs

Advances in the Molecular Study of Genetics

Box 3-1 Spoonerisms and Albinism

Box 3-2 Genetics and Insurance: An Ethical Dilemma

Box 3-3 DNA in the News

Box 3-4 Landmarks in Genetics: The DNA Sequence of an Animal Genome Is Decoded

Chapter 4: Population Genetics

A Model of Population Genetics

Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change

Box 4-1 Population Bottlenecking

Box 4-2 The Founders Principle

Box 4-2 The Population Genetics of Religious Isolates

Chapter 5: Natural Selection And The Origin Of SpeciesNatural Selection

The Origin of Species

Box 5-1 Social Darwinism

Box 5-2 Eugenics and the Reduction of Variability

Chapter 6: People's Place In Nature

Taxonomy

People and the Animal World

Box 6-1 The Diversity of Life

Box 6-2 The Feet pf Whales

Box 6-3 Linnaean Systematics in the Twenty-first Century

Chapter 7: The Living Primates

The Primate Order

The Living Primates

Box 7-1 The Biodiversity of Madagascar

Box 7-2 The Discovery of the Gorilla

Box 7-3 Vanishing Primates

Color Insert: A Portfolio of Endangered Primates

Chapter 8: Comparative Studies: Anatomy And Genetics

Comparative Anatomy of Locomotion and Manipulation

Comparative Anatomy of the Skull and the Brain

Molecular Biology and Cytogenetics

Box 8-1 Hemispheric Asymmetry-One Brain or Two?

Box 8-2 The Ultrastructure of Tooth Enamel

Chapter 9: Non-Human Primate Behavior

Primate Behavior

Case Studies of Primate Behavior

Box 9-1 The Behavior of the Mouse Lemur

Box 9-2 The Rhesus Monkeys of Cayo Santiago

Box 9-3 The Sexual Behavior of The Bonobo

Chapter 10: Human Behavior In Perspective

Social Behavior of Human Foragers

The Origin and Nature of Human Society

Are Humans Unique?

Box 10-1 Chimpanzee Culture

Box 10-2 The Question of the Innateness and Uniqueness of Language

Color Insert: The Efé: Foragers of the Congo Basins

Chapter 11: The Record Of The Past

Fossils and Their Interpretation

Geological Time

Box 11-1 What Is a Billion?

Box 11-2 The Piltdown Skull

Box 11-3 Where Have All the Dinosaurs Gone?

Color Insert: Excavations at Dik Dik Hill, Olduvai Gorge

Chapter 12: The Nonhominid Primate Fossil Record

Evolution of the Early Primates

Evolution of the Anthropoidea

Evolution of the Hominoidea

Box 12-1 Discovering the Earliest Primate

Box 12-2 What Gigantopithecus Had for Dinner

Chapter 13: The Early Hominids

Discoveries of the Early Hominids

Early Hominids: Interpretations of the Evidence

Box 13-1 Naming Fossils

Box 13-2 Fossil "Rock"

Box 13-3 What Does It Mean to Be Hominid?

Box 13-4 What Is a Tool?

Chapter 14: The Genus Homo

The Early Homo Fossil Record

The Culture of Early Homo

Box 14-1 The Disappearance of the Zhoukoudian Fossils

Box 14-2 How Do You Spell and Pronounce "Neandert_l?"

Box 14-3 La Chapelle-aux-Saints

Box 14-4 Who Are We Having for Dinner? The Roots of Cannibalism

Color Insert: Hominid Fossils

Chapter 15: The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens

Homo sapiens

The Culture Of Homo sapiens

Post-Pleistocene Homo sapiens

Box 15-1 Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Box 15-2 "Man's Best Friend"

Chapter 16: The Biology Of Modern Homo Sapiens

Human Adaptability: Adjustments

Human Adaptation

The Nature of Human Growth and Development

Box 16-1 How High Can People Live without Bottled Oxygen?

Box 16-2 Aging

Chapter 17: The Analysis Of Human Variation

The Distribution of Variability

The Classification of Human Variation

Box 17-1 Skeletal Evidence of Cultural Practices

Box 17-2 Are the Japanese, on the Average, Smarter than Americans?

Chapter 18: The Modern World

Cultural Changes and Their Consequences

What Can We Say About the Future?

The Application of Anthropological Knowledge

Box 18-1 Human Technology as a Selective Agent

Appendix: An Introduction To Skeletal Anatomy And The

Anatomy Of The Brain

Skeletal Anatomy of Primates

The Anatomy of the Human Brain