Essentials of Physical Anthropology 10th Edition by Robert Jurmain, ISBN-13: 978-1305633810

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Essentials of Physical Anthropology 10th Edition by Robert Jurmain, ISBN-13: 978-1305633810

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• Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 10th edition (March 2, 2016)
• Language: ‎ English
• 448 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1305633814
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1305633810

Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 10th Edition, introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand why it is important to know about human evolution. You’ll learn how humans are biologically connected to all other life, including our ancient ancestors and our contemporary primate cousins, and how closely modern human populations are related to each other. Numerous high-quality visual diagrams, artwork, maps, photographs, and other learning tools will help you grasp the big picture of human evolution.

Table of Contents:

Brief Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Supplements

Ch 1: Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Human Connection

Biocultural Evolution

What is Anthropology?

Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method

The Anthropological Perspective

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 2: The Development of Evolutionary Theory

A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought

Natural Selection

Constraints on Nineteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory

Opposition to Evolution Today

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 3: The Biological Basis of Life

Cells

From DNA to Protein

What is a Gene?

Regulatory Genes

Cell Division

New Frontiers

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 4: Heredity and Evolution

The Genetic Principles Discovered by Mendel

Mendelian Inheritance in Humans

Polygenic Inheritance

Genetic and Environmental Factors

Mitochondrial Inheritance

Modern Evolutionary Theory

Factors That Produce and Redistribute Variation

Natural Selection is Directional and Acts on Variation

Review of Genetics and Evolutionary Factors

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 5: Processes of Macroevolution

How We Connect: Discovering the Human Place in the Organic World

Constructing Classifications and Interpreting Evolutionary Relationships

Definition of Species

What are Fossils and How Do They Form?

Vertebrate Evolutionary History: A Brief Summary

Processes of Macroevolution

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 6: An Overview of the Primates

Primate Characteristics

Primate Adaptations

Primate Classification

A Survey of the Living Primates

Endangered Primates

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 7: Primate Behavior

The Evolution of Behavior

Why Be Social?

Primate Social Strategies

Reproduction and Reproductive Behaviors

Primate Cultural Behavior

Language

The Primate Continuum

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 8: Primate and Hominin Origins

Early Primate Evolution

Understanding the Human Connection to Other Primates: Biocultural Evolution

Discovering Human Evolution: The Science of Paleoanthropology

Understanding Our Direct Evolutionary Connections: What’s a Hominin?

Walking the Walk: The Bipedal Adaptation

Digging for Connections: Early Hominins from Africa

Closer Connections: Early Homo (2+-1.4 mya)

Interpretations: What Does It All Mean?

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 9: The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

A New Kind of Hominin

The Morphology of Homo Erectus

The Geographical Range of Homo Erectus

Technological Trends during the Time of Homo Erectus

Seeing the Connections: Interpretations of Homo Erectus

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 10: Premodern Humans

When, Where, and What

Premodern Humans of the Middle Pleistocene

Middle Pleistocene Culture

Neandertals: Premodern Humans of the Late Pleistocene

Culture of Neandertals

Molecular Connections: The Genetic Evidence

Seeing Close Human Connections: Understanding Premodern Humans

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 11: The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins

The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans

Something New and Different: The “Little People”

Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 12: Human Variation and Adaptation

Historical Views of Human Variation

The Concept of Race

Contemporary Interpretations of Human Variation

Human Biocultural Evolution

Population Genetics

The Adaptive Significance of Human Variation

Infectious Disease

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Life Course

Evolved Biology and Contemporary Lifestyles-Is there a Mismatch?

Biocultural Evolution and the Life Course

Diet and Nutrition through the Life Course

Life History Theory and the Human Life Course

Aging and Longevity

Are We Still Evolving?

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Ch 14: The Human Disconnection

Human Impact on the Planet and on Other Life-Forms

Global Climate Change

Impact on Biodiversity

Acceleration of Evolutionary Processes

Looking for Solutions

Is There Any Good News?

Summary of Main Topics

Critical Thinking Questions

Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy

Appendix B: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa

Appendix C: Population Genetics

Appendix D: Sexing and Aging the Skeleton

Glossary

Bibliography

Credits

Index

Robert Jurmain received an A.B. in Anthropology from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard. He taught at San Jose State University from 1975 to 2004 and is now professor emeritus. During his teaching career, he taught courses in all major branches of physical anthropology, including osteology and human evolution, with the greatest concentration in general education teaching for introductory students. His research interests are skeletal biology of humans and non-human primates, paleopathology, and paleoanthropology. In addition to his three textbooks, which together have appeared in 35 editions, he is the author of STORIES FROM THE SKELETON: BEHAVIORAL RECONSTRUCTION IN HUMAN OSTEOLOGY (1999, Gordon Breach Publishers), as well as numerous articles in research journals.

Lynn Kilgore earned her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she now holds an affiliate faculty position. Her primary research interests are osteology and paleopathology. She has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in human osteology, primate behavior, human heredity and evolution, and general physical anthropology. Her research focuses on developmental defects as well as on disease and trauma in human and great ape skeletons.

Wenda Trevathan is regents’ professor, emerita, of anthropology at New Mexico State University, where she taught from 1983 to 2009. She is a biological anthropologist whose research focuses on the evolutionary and biocultural factors underlying human reproduction, including childbirth, maternal behavior, sexuality, and menopause. Her primary publications include works on the evolution of childbirth and evolutionary medicine. Her recent books include ANCIENT BODIES, MODERN LIVES: HOW EVOLUTION HAS SHAPED WOMEN’S HEALTH (2010, Oxford University Press) and COSTLY AND CUTE: HELPLESS INFANTS AND HUMAN EVOLUTION (2016, SAR/UNM Press). She is also the Editor in Chief of the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, which will be published by John Wiley and Sons in 2018. She has taught courses in physical anthropology, nutritional anthropology, medical anthropology, evolutionary medicine, and anthropology of reproduction.

Eric Bartelink received a B.S. in Anthropology from Central Michigan University (1995), an M.A. in Anthropology at California State University, Chico (2001), and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University (2006). He has taught for eleven years at California State University, Chico, where he is currently a Full Professor and Director of the Human Identification Laboratory. He teaches courses in introductory physical anthropology, human osteology, human growth and development, human origins, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and statistics. His research interests focus on the bioarchaeology of Native California, dietary reconstruction using stable isotope analysis, and applications within forensic anthropology. He is a co-author on ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (10e, Cengage Learning), FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY: CURRENT METHODS AND PRACTICE (2014, Academic/Elsevier Press), and has authored and co-authored numerous articles in scientific journals.

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