Philip L. Stein,
Los Angeles Pierce College Bruce M. Rowe,
Los Angeles Pierce College
ISBN: 0072485949 Copyright year: 2002
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 TrialChapter 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 DNAChapter 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 DecodedChapter 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 IsolatesChapter 5: Natural Selection And The Origin Of Species
Natural Selection
The Origin of Species
Box 5-1 Social Darwinism
Box 5-2 Eugenics and the Reduction of VariabilityChapter 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 CenturyChapter 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 PrimatesChapter 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 EnamelChapter 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 BonoboChapter 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 BasinsChapter 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 GorgeChapter 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 DinnerChapter 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 FossilsChapter 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 AgingChapter 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 AgentAppendix: An Introduction To Skeletal Anatomy And The Anatomy Of The Brain
Skeletal Anatomy of Primates
The Anatomy of the Human Brain
2002