Essentials of Physical Anthropology - Softcover

Jurmain, Robert; Nelson, Harry; Kilgore, Lynn; Trevathan, Wenda

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9780534533076: Essentials of Physical Anthropology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534533078 ISBN 13: 9780534533076

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

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This book is an essentials version of the leading physical anthropology text on the market (Jurmain/Nelson/Kilgore, INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, SEVENTH EDITION). It is a concise, research-based introductory anthropology text that covers basic evolutionary theory, human genetics, growth and development, nonhuman primates, paleo anthropology, and modern population biology to illustrate the physical and behavioral evolution of human beings. It is an up-to-date, authoritative physical anthropology text written by a team of authors who set the standard in the field.

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About the Author:

Robert Jurmain received an A.B. in Anthropology from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard. He taught at San Jose State University from 1975 to 2004 and is now Professor Emeritus. During his teaching career, he taught courses in all major branches of physical anthropology, including osteology and human evolution, with the greatest concentration in general education teaching for introductory students. His research interests are skeletal biology of humans and non-human primates, paleopathology, and paleoanthropology. In addition to his three textbooks, which together have appeared in 30 editions, he is the author of STORIES FROM THE SKELETON: BEHAVIORAL RECONSTRUCTION IN HUMAN OSTEOLOGY (1999, Gordon Breach Publishers), as well as numerous articles in research journals.

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