Essentials of physical anthropology - Jurmain, Robert; Kilgore, Lynn; Trevathan, Wenda (Belmont, California Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning, 2009)
Introduction to physical anthropology -- The development of evolutionary theory -- The biological basis of life -- Macroevolution: processes of vertebrate and mammalian evolution -- An overview of the primates -- Primate behavior -- Hominid origins -- The first dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and contemporaries -- Premodern humans -- The origin and dispersal of modern humans--Human variation and adaptation -- The anthropological perspective on the human life course -- Lessons from the past, lessons for the future.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-374) and index.
Keywords: Physical anthropology