Background for man : readings in physical anthropology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolhinow, Phyllis
Other Authors: Sarich, Vincent
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, [1971]
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Table of Contents:
  • Physical anthropology: theory and methods, by P. Dolhinow and V. Sarich
  • Forces of evolution and their integration, by G. G. Simpson
  • The role of systematics in biology, by E. Mayr
  • Major steps in vertebrate evolution, by A. S. Romer
  • A molecular approach to the question of human origins, by V. Sarich
  • The study of human evolution, by S. L. Washburn
  • Variation and the taxonomy of the early hominids, by J. T. Robinson
  • Review of man-apes or ape-men?, by F. C. Howell
  • Homo erectus, by A. Mann
  • Human variation in an evolutionary perspective, by V. Sarich
  • Genetic aspects of race, by C. Stern
  • Genetic aspects of race mixture, by C. Stern
  • In praise of waste, by G. Hardin
  • The living nonhuman primates, by P. Dolhinow
  • Field studies of Old World monkeys and apes, by S. L. Washburn, P. C. Jay, and J. B. Lancaster
  • Dimensions of a comparative biology of primate groups, by H. Kummer
  • Brain research and behavioural activity, by J. M. R. Delgado
  • On the evolution of tool-using behavior, by J. B. Lancaster
  • Tool using performances as indicators of behavioral adaptability, by K. R. L. Hall
  • The evolution of hunting, by S. L. Washburn and C. S. Lancaster.