Physical Anthropology

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 Efe: 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 BrainStein, Philip L. is the author of 'Physical Anthropology', published 2002 under ISBN 9780072485943 and ISBN 0072485949.