Screen LibraryPhysical anthropology 06/07
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McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series,
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| Publisher Address: | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 15th ed. |
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Annual editions |
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| Carrier Form: | 193 p.: ill. ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0073515914 |
| Index Number: | Q983 |
| CLC: | Q983-55 |
| Call Number: | Q983-55/P578/15th.ed./06-07 |
| Contents: |
Donation. Evolutionary perspectives: Growth of evolutionary science / D.J. Futuyma; Darwin's influence on modern thought / E. Mayr; 15 answers to creationist nonsense / J. Rennie; Curse and blessing of the ghetto / J. Diamond; Saltshaker's curse / J. Diamond; Of mice, men and genes / R.M. Sapolsky -- Primates: what are friends for / B. Smuts; Mind of the chimpanzee / J. Goodall; Got culture / C. Stanford; Dim forest, bright chimps / C. Boesch and H. Boesch-Achemann; Are we in anthropodenial / F. de Waal -- Sex and society: Mothers and others / S.B. Hrdy; What's love got to do with it / M.F. Small - Fossil evidence: Hunting the first hominid / P. Shipman: Food for thought, dietary change was a driving force in human evolution / W.R. Leonard; Scavenge hunt / P. Shipman; Erectus rising / J. Shreeve; Scavenging of "Peking man" / N.T. Boaz and R.L. Ciochon - Late hominid evolution: Hard times among the Neanderthals / E. Trinkaus; Rethinking Neanderthals / J. Alper; Gift of gab / M. Cartmill; We are all Africans / P. Shipman - Human diversity: skin deep / N.G. Jablonski and G. Chaplin; Black, white, other / J. Marks; Does race exist? A proponent's perspective / G.W. Gill; Tall and the short of it / B. Bogin - Living with the past: Viral superhighway / G.J. Armelagos; Dr. Darwin / L. Oilwenstein. This [book] contains a variety of articles relating to human evolution. [The book] provides a forum for the controversial. [The editor does] this in order to convey to the student the sense that the study of human development is an evolving entity in which each discovery encourages further research and each added piece of the puzzle raises new questions about the total picture. -Pref. |