The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic
Author: Charles E. Hilton,Benjamin M. Auerbach,Libby W. Cowgill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107022509
Category: History
Page: 315
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Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.Dental Morphology and Its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapien
Author: G. Richard Scott,Christy G. Turner II,Grant C. Townsend,María Martinón-Torres
Publisher: Cambridge Studies in Biologica
ISBN: 1107174414
Category: Law
Page: 450
View: 7495
Complete guide to genetics, evolution, and variation in human tooth crown and root morphology in modern and fossil Homo sapiens.A Bioarchaeological Perspective
Author: Daniel H. Temple,Christopher M. Stojanowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107187354
Category: Social Science
Page: 404
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Explores the variety of ways in which hunter-gatherer societies have responded to external stressors while maintaining their core identity.
Author: Christopher J. Percival,Joan T. Richtsmeier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107122783
Category: Science
Page: 332
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Bone is the tissue most frequently recovered archaeologically and is the material most commonly studied by biological anthropologists, who are interested in how skeletons change shape during growth and across evolutionary time. This volume brings together a range of contemporary studies of bone growth and development to highlight how cross-disciplinary research and new methods can enhance our anthropological understanding of skeletal variation. The novel use of imaging techniques from developmental biology, advanced sequencing methods from genetics, and perspectives from evolutionary developmental biology improve our ability to understand the bases of modern human and primate variation. Animal models can also be used to provide a broad biological perspective to the systematic study of humans. This volume is a testament to the drive of anthropologists to understand biological and evolutionary processes that underlie changes in bone morphology and illustrates the continued value of incorporating multiple perspectives within anthropological inquiry.The Strange and the Familiar
Author: Cathy Willermet,Sang-Hee Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476848
Category: Science
Page: 228
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A critical assessment of how evidence in biological anthropology is discovered, collected and interpreted.