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Master the concepts of physical anthropology with LAB MANUAL AND WORKBOOK FOR PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY! With hands-on lab assignments that help you apply physical anthropology perspectives and techniques to real situations, this lab manual walks you through difficult topics such as genetics and the human genome, primate morphology and behavior, human osteology, evolution, and forensic anthropology. Many photographs, marginal definitions, key terms, helpful hints, exercises, and an extensive index emphasize important topics and make studying easy.

Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology

Preface.

Introduction to Science and Critical Thinking.

1. Cellular Genetics.

2. Population Genetics and Heredity.

3. Human Osteology.

4. Growth and Development.

5. Biological Classification.

6. Comparison of the Skeletons of Quadrupeds, Bipeds, and Brachiators.

7. Comparing the Living Primates.

8. Observation of Living Primate Behavior and Morphology.

9. Early Evolution of Primates in the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene.

10. Miocene Primate Evolution.

11. The Early Hominins.

12. The Genus Homo.

13. Anthropometry, Nonmetric Traits, and Dermatoglyphics.

14. Abnormalities in the Skeleton: Pathology, Anomalies, and Intentional Modification.

15. Human Skeletal Variation and Forensic Anthropology.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.