Essentials of physical anthropology / Robert Jurmain ... [et al.]. - 5th ed. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004 - xxiv, 431 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Research in physical anthropology ;
Development of evolutionary theory ;
Biological basis of life ;
Heredity and evolution ;
Overview of the living primates ;
Primate studies, free-ranging and captive research ;
Primate behavior ;
Processes of macroevolution, mammalian/primate evolutionary history ;
Hominid origins ;
Homo erectus and contemporaries ;
Neandertals and other archaic homo sapiens ;
Homo sapiens sapiens ;
Human variation and adaptation ;
Paleopathology, diseases and injuries of bone ;
Anthropological perspective on the human life course ;
Lessons from the past, lessons for the future


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Physical anthropology

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