Core Concepts in Biological Anthropology
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767424263 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Abstract anthropology ideas made easy This textbook is great in that it clearly defines every idea presented and then continues to reinforce it throughout the whole text with many examples, pictures, and redefining periodically. The chapters on genes, DNA, and cell replication were a looming threat to my class which had very little science background. The most complex mRNA and tRNA stuff is so simplified in this book, you can actually understand how it happens and WHY!. Five Stars Good book Helped a lot of school
Fuentes’ recent work includes publications such as “It’s Not All Sex and Violence: Integrated Anthropology and the Role of Cooperation and Social Complexity in Human Evolution” in the American Anthropologist, “Re-visiting conflict resolution: Is there a role for emphasizing negotiation and cooperation instead of conf
Written by a professor who has spent eleven years teaching and practicing biological anthropology and who takes care to relate its significance to everyday life, this new text focuses on central contemporary issues: genetics and genomics, "natural" behavior, evolution, and human variation. My goal is to create a book that has the core information, access to more in-depth details, and is engaging for students and faculty alike." -- Agustin Fuentes. The field is growing at a fantastic rate; multiple disciplines (genomics, epidemiology, physiology, anatomy, paleoanthropology, and primatology, for example) currently contribute to its knowledge base. "This textbook seeks to meld the traditional and the new, to create a textbook/web hybrid from the ground up, facilitating access to biological anthropological knowledge. The book tells the story of biological anthropology and evolutionary theory, our bio-history, in a way that encourages students t
Fuentes’ recent work includes publications such as “It’s Not All Sex and Violence: Integrated Anthropology and the Role of Cooperation and Social Complexity in Human Evolution” in the American Anthropologist, “Re-visiting conflict resolution: Is there a role for emphasizing negotiation and cooperation instead of conflict and reconciliation?” in R. Chapman Eds., The Origins and Nature of Sociality Aldine de Gruyter, Pub. He is also interested in issues of human-n