The latest research and information on the human genome and new hominid fossil discoveries, with 64 new references, mostly from 2002 and 2003. A new section with an “overview” of the latest information on the nature of the human genome, and a new "Contemporary Reflections" feature on genetic cloning, appear in Chapter 3. Coverage of new hominid fossils--Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Homo erectus from Dmanisi, Georgia, and Kenya, and the new early modern Homo sapiens from Ethiopia--appears in Chapters 10, 11, and 12.
Revised, clearer discussion of the modern human origins debate, with the inclusion of an alternative model, and clearer diagrams, in Chapter 12
Reorganized fossil record chapters, particularly moving the discussion of the first members of genus Homo from Ch. 10 to Ch. 11
A new discussion of the “intelligent design” argument against mainstream evolutionary theory, in Chapter 5
A new appendix on mathematical population genetics (material previously included in Chapter 13)
More emphasis throughout on the nature of biological anthropology’s biocultural approach
Clearer discussion of cladistics, with new diagrams and a new "Contemporary Reflections" feature on the ecological status of primates species in Chapter 7
Update on use of genetics as a “window to the past” in Chapter 9, and a new section, “Putting It All Together,” on various phylogenetic models for the early hominids, with new diagrams, in Chapter 10
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