The The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology - An Introduction to Biological Anthropology (Paperback, 5Rev ed)

This general introduction to contemporary physical anthropology presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: genetics and evolutionary theory, human variation, human evolution, and the biology, behaviour and evolution of primates. - The chapters on disease and demography have been streamlined and combined into a single chapter organized around the biological impact of culture change. - Discussion of the human fossil record has been substantially rewritten to include three new species (Orrorin tugenensis, Kenyanthropus platyop, and Australopithecus garhi), and to include new information such as Homo Erectus in Europe, Acheulian-like tools in Asia, and new studies of Neanderthal DNA. - New topics include the human genome project, quantitative genetics and sexual orientation, the evolution of cystic fibrosis genes, an entire section on nutritional adaptation, critiques of the "small but healthy" hypothesis, primate behavioural ecology, evolutionary significance of parent-child co-sleeping, pollution and human biology, and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious disease.