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1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory. 3. The Biological Basis of Life. 4. Heredity and Evolution. 5. Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution. 6. Survey of the Living Primates. 7. Primate Behavior. 8. Overview of the Fossil Primates. 9. Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology. 10. Hominin Origins in Africa. 11. The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries. 12. Premodern Humans. 13. The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans. 14. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation. 15. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation. 16. Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Human Life Course. 17. The Human Disconnection. Appendix A. Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy. Appendix B. Sexing and Aging the Skeleton.

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    Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
    Publication Date: 02/02/2017
    ISBN13: 9781337099820, 978-1337099820
    ISBN10: 1337099821
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    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory. 3. The Biological Basis of Life. 4. Heredity and Evolution. 5. Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution. 6. Survey of the Living Primates. 7. Primate Behavior. 8. Overview of the Fossil Primates. 9. Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology. 10. Hominin Origins in Africa. 11. The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries. 12. Premodern Humans. 13. The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans. 14. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation. 15. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation. 16. Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Human Life Course. 17. The Human Disconnection. Appendix A. Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy. Appendix B. Sexing and Aging the Skeleton.

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