Download or read book Exploring Biological Anthropology written by Craig Stanford and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fron foundation to innovation: discover the best of biological anthropology. Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropology has rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals and populations, our primate relatives, human adaptation, and human behavior. The 3rd edition of Exploring Biological Anthropology combines the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the foundations of the field with modern innovations and discoveries. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s how: Personalize Learning – The new MyAnthroLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking - This text provides students with the best possible art, photos, and mapsfor every topic covered in the book, helping them gain a better understanding of key material. Engage Students – “Insights and Advances” boxes and “Innovations” features help students develop an appreciation for the excitement of discovery. Support Instructors – MyAnthroLab, an author-reviewed Instructor’s Manual, Electronic “MyTest” Test Bank, PowerPoint Presentation Slides, and Pearson Custom course material are available to be packaged with this text. Additionally, we offer package options for the lab portion of your course with Method & Practice in Biological Anthropology: A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses, or Atlas of Anthropology. Note: MyAnthroLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyAnthroLab, please visit: www.myanthrolab.com.
Download or read book Biological Anthropology written by Craig Britton Stanford and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents a survey of physical anthropology, the branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species. It plays an important part in the study of human origins and in the analysis and identification of human remains for legal purposes. It draws upon human body measurements, human genetics, and the study of human bones and includes the study of human brain evolution, and of culture as neurological adaptation to environment. The authors use the progressive term "biological anthropology" to mean "an integrative combination of information from the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals and of populations, our primate relatives, human adaptation, and human behavior."
Download or read book Exploring Medical Anthropology written by Donald Joralemon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, highlighting points of conflict and convergence. Concrete examples and the author’s personal research experiences are utilized to explain some of the discipline’s most important insights, such as that biology and culture matter equally in the human experience of disease and that medical anthropology can help to alleviate human suffering. The text has been thoroughly updated for the fourth edition, including fresh case studies and a new chapter on drugs. It contains a range of pedagogical features to support teaching and learning, including images, text boxes, a glossary, and suggested further reading.
Download or read book Explorations written by Beth Alison Schultz Shook and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Essentials of Biological Anthropology written by Clark Spencer Larsen and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most relevant, interactive, and up-to-date learning experience
Download or read book A Companion to Biological Anthropology written by Clark Spencer Larsen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biologicalanthropology; chapters are written by leading scholars who havethemselves played a major role in shaping the direction and scopeof the discipline. Extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biologicalanthropology Larsen has created a who’s who of biologicalanthropology, with contributions from the leadingauthorities in the field Contributing authors have played a major role in shaping thedirection and scope of the topics they write about Offers discussions of current issues, controversies, and futuredirections within the area Presents coverage of the many recent innovations anddiscoveries that are transforming the subject
Download or read book Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology written by Shawn M. Lehman and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology represents a new, exciting perspective on the field of evolutionary anthropology. This text explores evolutionary anthropology in a unique and lively manner. This text is student-friendly, low-tech, and affordable, and has an entertaining and narrative style that is clearly written, comprehensive, and engaging. The book features an unconventional writing style with fun examples and humorous cartoons throughout the text.
Download or read book Introduction to Anthropology written by Roger Pearson and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1974 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology written by Samantha Hens and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable resource for you Biological Anthropology lab Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology: A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses complements a wide variety of introductory level laboratory courses in biological anthropology. It easily functions with a well-equipped laboratory, or it may be used as a primary source of photos and/or exercises, providing optimum flexibility to suit most laboratory environments. The book is organized into four sections, to reflect the organization of the typical introductory biological anthropology course: genetics and evolution, the human skeleton, non human primates, and our fossil ancestors. MySearchLab is a part of the Hens program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, help students explore biological anthropology in even greater depth. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. NOTE: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN: 0133827917 / 9780133827910 Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology: A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 0133825868 / 9780133825862 Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology: A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses "
Download or read book Anthropology written by Carol R. Ember and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology helps students understand humans in all their variety, and whythey got to be that way. This new edition highlights migration and immigration in the context of globalization.
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World written by Barbara D. Miller and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully integrating attention to globalization, gender, class, race and ethnicity, and the environment, this text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and by demonstrating the relevance of anthropology. Faculty and students praise the book's proven ability to generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. This book, based on Miller's full-length Cultural Anthropology text, will generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Material throughout the book highlights the relevance of anthropology to students and how they can apply in their careers. By entwining attention to key theories for understanding culture with an emphasis on relevance of anthropological knowledge and skills, this text is the perfect choice for introductory cultural anthropology courses. Note: MyAnthroLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyAnthroLab, please visit www.MyAnthroLab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MyAnthroLab (9780205249671)
Download or read book Physical Anthropology and Archaeology Fourth Canadian Edition written by Carol R. Ember and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the two-field course covering physical anthropology and archaeology, this clearly written, comprehensive and engaging text has risen to become a market leader. Its balanced coverage of physical anthropology and archaeology helps students understand what humans are and were like, and how they got to be that way. The new fourth edition has been updated with all-new Canadian and international research. A visual revitalization has been accomplished with more photos, new Dorling Kindersley maps, and a handy skeleton diagram inside the cover for quick reference. This popular text will bring a unique perspective to the study of physical anthropology.
Download or read book The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean written by Harry Sanabria and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first single-authored comprehensive introduction to major contemporary research trends, issues, and debates on the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean. The text provides wide and historically informed coverage of key facets of Latin American and Caribbean societies and their cultural and historical development as well as the roles of power and inequality. Cymeme Howe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cornell University writes, “The text moves well and builds over time, paying close attention to balancing both the Caribbean and Latin America as geographic regions, Spanish and non-Spanish speaking countries, and historical and contemporary issues in the field. I found the geographic breadth to be especially impressive.” Jeffrey W. Mantz of California State University, Stanislaus, notes that the contents “reflect the insights of an anthropologist who knows Latin America intimately and extensively.”
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by Carol R. Ember and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps students understand how humans vary culturally and why they got to be that way. It provides both a comprehensive and scientific introduction to cultural anthropology. This new edition has an expanded and updated focus on environmental issues.
Download or read book Exploring Biological Anthropology written by Craig Britton Stanford and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World written by Barbara D. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully integrating attention to culture change, gender, class, race and ethnicity, and the environment, Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, 2/eengages students with compelling ethnographic examples and by demonstrating the relevance of anthropology.Faculty and students praise the book’s proven ability to generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning. Through clear writing, a balanced theoretical approach, and engaging examples, Miller stresses the importance of social inequality and human rights, the environment, culture change and applied aspects of anthropology. Rich examples of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and age thread through the topical coverage of economic systems, the life-cycle, health, kinship, social organization, politics, language, religion, and expressive culture. The last two chapters address how migration is changing world cultures and the importance of local cultural values and needs in shaping international development policies and programs. Material throughout the book highlights the relevance of anthropology to students and how they can apply in their careers. By entwining attention to key theories for understanding culture with an emphasis on relevance of anthropological knowledge and skills, this text is the perfect choice for all introductory cultural anthropology courses.
