Biological Anthropology: An Introductory Reader - Softcover

Park, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078116961 ISBN 13: 9780078116964

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Synopsis

This supplementary reader offers both historical and contemporary articles that demonstrate the nature of biological anthropology. With nearly one-third of the selections focusing on living populations, the 43 readings cover the entire range of bioanthropological studies: evolution, nonhuman primates, human paleontology, and modern human groups. Twelve of the 43 articles are new to this edition, including Kari Bruwelheide and Douglas Owsley's "Written in Bone: Reading the Remains of the 17th Century"; Carl Zimmer's "What is a Species?"; Daniel E. Lieberman's "Homing In On Early Homo"; and Sally Lehrman's "Going Beyond X and Y."

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Alan Park (Ph.D. Indiana, 1979) is a professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1973, teaching courses in general anthropology, human evolution, biocultural diversity, human ecology, forensic anthropology, and the evolution of human behavior. His interests focus on the application of evolutionary theory to the story of human evolution and on the quality of science education and the public perception and understanding of scientific matters. He is the author or co-author of four current texts in anthropology as well as technical and popular articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0078116961
• ISBN 13: 9780078116964
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 256