Biological Anthropology: A Synthetic Approach to Human Evolution

For the introductory physical anthropology course. It may also be appropriate for the upper level biological anthropology course. This innovative new text narrates the history of the evolutionary progression of the human lineage through time. Evolution by natural selection provides the conceptual framework as students learn the essentials of molecular anthropology and genetics, then are led through geological time to the origins of vertebrates, mammals, primates, hominoids, and finally hominids. In each section, behavior, morphology, adaptation, and ecology are discussed to provide the comparative basis for human origins.

This innovative new text uses a narrative approach to introduce readers to human evolution and the dynamic subfields of biological anthropology. Evolution by natural selection provides the thread as readers learn the essentials of biological anthropology and genetics. In each section, behavior, morphology, adaptation, and ecology are discussed to provide the context and comparative bases for human origins. The human adaptation to culture and the interworkings of culture, biology, behavior, and evolution are emphasized.