Book Title: Biological Anthropology

by Susan Ruth

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Book Description: This book serves as an introduction to biological anthropology and is directed towards community college students who have not yet studied anthropology or have only taken introductory courses.

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Book Description

This book serves as an introduction to biological anthropology and is directed towards community college students who have not yet studied anthropology or have only taken introductory courses. Each chapter covers an important area of biological anthropology and includes interactive activities and student reflections. The chapter topics include an introduction to biological anthropology, the historical background of the discipline, human variation, paleoanthropology, primates, techniques for understanding past climate, dates, diet,and species taxonomy, forensic anthropology, medical anthropology, human behavioral ecology, bioarchaeology, and biology and health.

Author

Susan Ruth

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Anthropology

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Title
Biological Anthropology
Author
Susan Ruth
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Biological Anthropology Copyright © by Susan Ruth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Anthropology
Institution
Central New Mexico Community College
Publisher
NMOER