A Companion to Biological Anthropology

- Authors

- Acknowledgements

Part I: History

- Introduction

Part II: The Present and the Living

1 History of Physical Anthropology

2 Evolution: What It Means and How We Know

3 Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny: Ordering Life, Past and Present

4 The Study of Human Population Genetics

5 Human Molecular Genetics: The DNA Revolution and Variation

6 Race and Diversity

7 Growth, Development, Senescence, and Aging: A Life History Perspective

8 Climate Related Morphological Variation and Physiological Adaptations in Homo sapiens

9 Emerging Themes in Anthropology and Epidemiology: Geographic Spread, Evolving Pathogens, and Syndemics

10 Demographic Estimation: Indirect Techniques for Anthropological Populations

11 Nutrition, Health, and Function

12 Ongoing Evolution in Humans

13 Primates Defined

14 Primate Behavior and Sociality

15 Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Speech

Part III: The Past and the Dead

16 Primate Origins - The Early Cenozoic Fossil Record

17 Catarrhine Cousins: The Origin and Evolution of Monkeys and Apes of the Old World

18 The Earliest Hominins

19 Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Early Members of the Genus Homo

20 Species, Population, and Assimilation in Later Human Evolution

21 Bioarchaeology: Health, Lifestyle, and Society in Recent Human Evolution

22 Paleopathology

23 Issues in Forensic Anthropology

24 Paleogenetics

Part IV: The Living and the Dead

25 Diet Reconstruction and Ecology Using Stable Isotope Ratios

26 Current Concepts in Bone Biology

27 "Growing Planes": Incremental Growth Layers in the Dental Enamel of Human Ancestors

28 Understanding Skull Function from a Mechanobiological Perspective

29 Tooth Form and Function in Biological Anthropology

30 Locomotor Function across Primates: The Postcranial Skeleton

Part V: Science and Education

31 Science Education and Physical Anthropology

- Index

Clark Spencer Larsen is Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. He has served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books and monographs, including Advances in Dental Anthropology (with Marc A. Kelley, 1991), Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton (1999), Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology (2002), and Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (2008).

"Even with so many topics of biological anthropology discussed, due care is given in each section by the authors to include enough information to give an adequate foundation and then expand upon it in subsequent sections. I would highly recommend this book - there is something in it for everyone. I was pleased to come away from it having learnt something myself." ( Primate Eye , 1 February 2012)

"For those of us who teach introduction to physical (or biological) anthropology on a regular basis, the book provides an efficient avenue to catch up on diverse topics in the field." (American Journal of Human Biology, 2011)

"Recommended. Upper-divisions undergraduates and above." (Choice , 1 April 2011)