Includes fold out map and time line of human evolution.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
To the instructor -- To the student -- 1. What is biological anthropology? -- Part I. The present: Foundation for the past: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory. Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation. Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics. Biology in the Present: Living People. Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates. Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture -- Part II. The past: Evidence for the Present: jFossils and Their Place in Time and Nature. Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years. Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Hukmanity. The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo. The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People. Our Past 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, Biology.