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EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology

The first comprehensive, peer-reviewed open access textbook for biological anthropology courses. Produced with support from the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (a section of the American Anthropological Association) and a grant from Minnesota State.

Anthropology Social Sciences

Tác giả: Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, & Lara Braff, Eds.
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01: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
1.01: What is Anthropology
1.02: The Subdisciplines
1.03: What is Biological Anthropology
1.04: Anthropologists as Scientists
1.05: Ways of Knowing- Science Faith and Anthropology
1.06: Key Terms
02: Evolution
2.01: The Science of Who We Are and Where We Come From
2.02: Pre-Darwinian Intellectual Trends
2.03: The Transmutation Hypothesis
2.04: Post-Darwinian Theories and Disputes
2.05: Molecular Revolution
2.06: Key Terms
2.07: Organismal and Multilevel evolution
2.08: The Biopolitics of Heredity
2.09: Adaptation and Adapatationism
2.10: Misconceptions about Human Evolution
03: Molecular Biology and Genetics
3.01: Cells and Molecules
3.02: Introduction to Genetics
3.03: Protein Synthesis
3.04: Mendelian Genetics and Other Patterms of Inheritance
3.05: Polygenic Traits
3.06: Genomics and Epigenetics
3.07: Genetic Testing
3.08: Key Terms
04: Forces of Evolution
4.01: The Modern Synthesis
4.02: Population Genetics
4.03: The Force of Evolution
4.04: Studying Evolution in Action
4.05: Key Terms
05: Meet the Living Primates
5.01: What is a Primate
5.02: Key Traits Used to Distinguish Between Primate Taxa
5.03: Primate Diversity
5.04: Learning From Primates
5.05: Key Terms
06: Primate Ecology and Behavior
6.01: Ecology
6.02: Sociality Residency Patterns and Dispersal
6.03: Reproductive Strategies
6.04: Communication
6.05: The Question of Future
6.06: Key Terms
07: Understanding the Fossil Context
7.01: Fossil Study- A Evolving Process
7.02: Earth- It is Older than Dirt
7.03: Fossil- Preserving Prehistoric Life
7.04: Fossilization
7.05: Voice From the Past - What Fossils Can Tell Us
7.06: Key Terms
08: Primate Evolution
8.01: How to Diagnose a Primate
8.02: Major Hypotheses About Primate Origins
8.03: The Origin of Primates
8.04: The Emergence of Modern Primate Groups
8.05: Special Topic- Jonathan Perry and Primates of the Extreme South
8.06: Key Terms
09: Early Hominins
9.01: Defining Hominins
9.02: Paleoenvironment and Hominin Evolution
9.03: Derived Adaptations- Bipedalism
9.04: Derived Adaptations- Early Hominin Dentition
9.05: Early Tool Use and Technology
9.06: Key Terms
9.7: Hominin Charts
9.8: Key Terms
10: Early Members of the Genus Homo
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10.6: Homo Erectus Lifeways
10.7: The Big Picture of Early Homo
10.8: Key Terms
11: Archaic Homo
11.01: New Page
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11.6: Where Did They Go The End of Neanderthals
11.7: Denisovans
11.8: Models of Modern Human Distribution
11.9: How Do These Fit In Homo Naledi and Homo Floresiensis
11.10: Fossil Species Summaries
11.11: Key Terms
12: Modern Homo sapiens
12.01: New Page
12.02: New Page
12.03: New Page
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12.05: New Page
12.6: Key Terms
13: Race and Human Variation
13.01: New Page
13.02: New Page
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14: Human Variation- An Adaptive Significance Approach
14.01: Stress and Homeostasis
14.02: New Page
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15: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
15.01: New Page
15.02: New Page
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15.7: Bone Pathology
15.8: Taphonomy
15.9: Ethics and Human Rights
15.10: Key Terms
16: Contemporary Topics: Human Biology and Health
16.01: Osteology
16.02: Primate Conservation
16.03: Human Behavioral Ecology
16.4: Obesity
16.5: Cardiovascular Disease
16.6: Osteorthritis
16.7: Cancer
16.8: Stress
16.9: Syndemics and the Ecological Model
16.10: Are We Still Evolving
16.11: Food for Thoughts
16.12: Key Terms
17: Osteology
17.1: Anatomical Terminology
17.2: Skeletal Form and Function
17.3: Human Skeletal System
17.4: Differences Between Adult and Subadult Skeletons
17.5: Comparative Skeletal Anatomy
18: Primate Conversation
18.1: Current Conservation of Nonhuman Primates
18.2: Threats to Primates
18.3: What Can Be Done
18.4: Future Perspectives
19: Human Behavioral Ecology
19.1: Human Behavioral Ecology
19.2: How Can Human Behavioral Ecology Help Us Understand Altruism
19.3: Main Research Areas of Human Behavioral Ecology
19.4: How Can Human Behavioral Ecology Help Us Understand the World
19.5: Key Terms