Study Guide for Introduction to Physical Anthropology

by Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson, Lynn Kilgore

This successful text, now in its seventh edition, offers a biocultural perspective. It integrates basic evolutionary theory, human genetics, coverage of non-human primates, paleoanthropology, and modern population biology to illustrate the physical and behavioral evolution of human beings. New research integrated throughout the text. All Guest Essays are new. A new chapter has been added on Human Growth and Development and timelines have been added before each hominid chapter. Internet resources have been added to the end of each chapter and a study guide is now available shrinkwrapped with each text.

8801 pages, CD-ROM

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Robert Jurmain is a professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University.