Ember, Carol R.

Physical anthropology and archaeology / Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Peter N. Peregrine. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xv, 322 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index.

What is anthropology? -- How we discover the past -- How we study the human body -- Genetics and evolution -- Human variation and adaptation -- The living primates -- Primate evolution : from early primates to hominoids -- The first hominids -- The origins of culture and language -- The emergence of homo -- The emergence of homo sapiens -- The Upper Paleolithic world -- Origins of food production and settled life -- Origins of cities and states -- Cultural resource management and forensic anthropology -- Medical anthropology.

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Physical anthropology.
Archaeology.

GN60 / .E45 2009

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