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Winner of the 2011 W.W. Howells Book Award of the American Anthropological Association
How has bipedalism impacted human childbirth? Do PMS and postpartum depression have specific, maybe even beneficial, functions? These are only two of the many questions that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-05-27
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The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time following the emergence of the modern human species Homo sapiens from primate roots. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding...
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Wiley
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2010-03-16
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An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology; chapters are written by leading scholars who have themselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scope of the discipline. Extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-02-22
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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This volume presents a truly integrated methodological and biocultural approach to the expanding discipline of human palaeopathology. The book provides researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive guide to the main methods and techniques that are currently...
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Wiley
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2008-02-28
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An essential foundation for the practice of forensic anthropology This text is the first of its level written in more than twenty years. It serves as a summary and guide to the core material that needs to be mastered and evaluated for the practice of forensic...
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Wiley-Liss
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2006-07-14
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Advances in Human Biology
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The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-03-11
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Major advances in the use of geographic information systems have been made in both anthropology and archaeology. Yet there are few published discussions of these new applications and their use in solving complex problems. This book explores these techniques, showing how...
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Oxford University Press
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1996-07-18
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While there have been controversial attempts to link conclusions from sociobiological studies of animal populations to humans, few behavioral scientists or anthropologists have made serious progress. In this work, Austin Hughes presents a unique and well-defined...
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Oxford University Press
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1988-02-11
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Contains seven papers dealing with the physical anthropology of earlier Canadian Native populations or with subject materials relevant to the interpretation of their skeletal remains. Included are two site reports on prehistoric burials from British Columbia, a detailed...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1981-01-01
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This volume consists of a series of papers that examine various aspects, archaeological and ethnographic, of the interior Inuit and their neighbours of northern Alaska. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1976-01-01
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