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EXPLORATIONS: An Invitation to Biological Anthropology (Scheib)

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EXPLORATIONS: An Invitation to Biological Anthropology (Scheib)

This textbook focuses on the discipline of biological anthropology, which explores who we are from biological, evolutionary, and adaptive perspectives. Topics discussed include evolutionary theory, molecular biology and genetics, the forces of evolution, nonhuman primates, the fossil record, the hominin species and the emergence of Homo sapiens as well as human biological variation and the concept of race, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and human biology and health both past and present.

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Contents· 131 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  2. 1.01: What is Anthropology
  3. 1.02: The Subdisciplines
  4. 1.03: What is Biological Anthropology
  5. 1.04: Anthropologists as Scientists
  6. 1.05: Ways of Knowing
  7. 1.06: End of Chapter Review
  8. 1.07: Meet the Authors
  9. 02: Evolution
  10. 2.01: The Science of Who We Are and Where We Come From
  11. 2.02: Darwinian Theory
  12. 2.03: Molecular Revolution
  13. 2.04: The Biopolitics of Heredity
  14. 2.05: Adaptation and Adapatationism
  15. 2.06: Misconceptions about Human Evolution
  16. 2.07: End of Chapter of Review
  17. 2.08: Meet the Authors
  18. 03: Molecular Biology and Genetics
  19. 3.01: Cells and Molecules
  20. 3.02: Introduction to Genetics
  21. 3.03: Protein Synthesis
  22. 3.04: Mendelian Genetics and Other Patterms of Inheritance
  23. 3.05: Genomics Epigenetics and Genetic Testing
  24. 3.06: End of Chapter of Review
  25. 3.07: Meet the Authors
  26. 04: Forces of Evolution
  27. 4.01: The Modern Synthesis and Population Genetics
  28. 4.02: The Forces of Evolution
  29. 4.03: Studying Evolution in Action
  30. 4.04: End of Chapter Review
  31. 4.05: Meet the Authors
  32. 05: Meet the Living Primates
  33. 5.01: What is a Primate
  34. 5.02: Key Traits Used to Distinguish Between Primate Taxa
  35. 5.03: Primate Diversity
  36. 5.04: End of Chapter Review
  37. 5.05: Meet the Authors
  38. 06: Primate Ecology and Behavior
  39. 6.01: Ecology
  40. 6.02: Sociality Residency Patterns and Dispersal
  41. 6.03: Reproductive Strategies
  42. 6.04: Communication
  43. 6.05: The Question of Future
  44. 6.06: End of Chapter Review
  45. 6.07: Meet the Author
  46. 07: Understanding the Fossil Context
  47. 7.01: Fossil Study - An Evolving Process
  48. 7.02: Pre-historic Life and Fossils
  49. 7.03: Voice From the Past
  50. 7.04: End of Chapter Review
  51. 7.05: Meet the Authors
  52. 08: Primate Evolution
  53. 8.01: What Is A Primate
  54. 8.02: The Origin of Primates
  55. 8.03: The Emergence of Modern Primate Groups
  56. 8.04: Planet of Apes
  57. 8.05: End of Chapter Review
  58. 8.06: Meet the Authors
  59. 09: Early Hominins
  60. 9.01: Hominins Paleoenvironment and Evolution
  61. 9.02: Derived Adaptations
  62. 9.03: Australopithecus And Tool Use
  63. 9.04: Hominin Charts
  64. 9.05: End of Chapter Review
  65. 9.06: Meet the Authors
  66. 10: Early Members of the Genus Homo
  67. 10.01: The Genus Homo The Environment and Evolution
  68. 10.02: Homo Habilis
  69. 10.03: Homo Erectus
  70. 10.04: The Big Picture of Early Homo
  71. 10.05: End of Chapter Review
  72. 10.06: Meet the Authors
  73. 11: Archaic Homo
  74. 11.01: Archaic Homo and the Environment
  75. 11.02: Neanderthal Lifeways and Intelligents
  76. 11.03: The End of Neanderthals
  77. 11.04: Models of Modern Human Distribution
  78. 11.05: How Do These Fit In Homo Naledi and Homo Floresiensis
  79. 11.06: Fossil Species Summary Tables
  80. 11.07: End of Chapter Review
  81. 11.08: Meet the Authors
  82. 12: Modern Homo sapiens
  83. 12.01: Defining Modernity
  84. 12.02: First Africa Then the World
  85. 12.03: Distant Relations
  86. 12.04: The Chain Reaction of Agriculture
  87. 12.05: End of Chapter Review
  88. 12.06: Meet the Authors
  89. 13: Race and Human Variation
  90. 13.01: The Concept of Race
  91. 13.02: Human Variation in Biological Anthropology Today
  92. 13.03: Talking About Human Biological Variation
  93. 13.04: End of Chapter Review
  94. 13.05: Meet the Authors
  95. 14: Human Variation and An Adaptive Significance Approach
  96. 14.01: The Challenges of Change
  97. 14.02: Adaptations
  98. 14.03: End of Chapter Review
  99. 14.04: Meet the Authors
  100. 15: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
  101. 15.01: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
  102. 15.02: Initial Skeletal Analysis
  103. 15.03: Constructing the Biological Profile
  104. 15.04: Trauma Analysis and Bone Pathology
  105. 15.05: Taphonomy
  106. 15.06: Ethics and Human Rights
  107. 15.07: End of Chapter Review
  108. 15.08: Meet the Authors
  109. 16: Contemporary Topics - Human Biology and Health
  110. 16.01: Agriculture and Humans
  111. 16.02: Health Consequences of the Transition to Agriculture and Animal Domestication
  112. 16.03: Other Diseases
  113. 16.04: Syndemics and the Ecological Model
  114. 16.05: Are We Still Evolving
  115. 16.06: End of Chapter Review
  116. 16.07: Meet the Authors
  117. 17: Appendix A- Osteology
  118. 17.01: Anatomical Terminology
  119. 17.02: Skeletal Form and Function
  120. 17.03: Human Skeletal System
  121. 17.04: Comparitive Skeletal Anatomy
  122. 17.05: End of Chapter
  123. 18: Appendix B- Primate Conservation
  124. 18.01: Current Conservation of Nonhuman Primates
  125. 18.02: Threats to Primates
  126. 18.03: What Can Be Done
  127. 18.04: End of Chapter Review
  128. 19: Appendix C- Human Behavioral Ecology
  129. 19.01: Human Behavioral Ecology
  130. 19.02: Main Research Areas of Human Behavioral Ecology
  131. 19.03: 19.3 End of Chapter Review