Exploring biological anthropology: the essentials

1512 Pages·2013·31 MB·English

by  John Scott Allen

Why Do You Need This New
Edition?
If you’re wondering why you should buy this new edition of Exploring
Biological Anthropology, here are 10 good reasons!
1. In this new edition we have moved to the molecular classification
system and call humans and our exclusive ancestors hominins,
because this is the way that most of the recent literature is
constructed.
2. New illustration program that includes more than 50 new
anatomically correct bone drawings.
3. New Insights and Advances boxes: Chapter 3 , Cloning
Controversies, explores the use of cloning for conservation of
endangered species or the resurrection of extinct species (the
mammoth, for example); Chapter 9 , Dating Controversies, now
considers applications of new methods to Zhoukoudian H. erectus
site; Chapter 12 , The Denisovans, details a new fossil find in
Siberia that is neither Human nor Neandertal; Chapter 14 ,
Peopling of the New World, includes the Buttermilk Creek site;
Chapter 15 , If You Have DNA, Why Bother with Bones, explains
the difficulty of using DNA in forensic science.
4. New or revised Innovations boxes: Chapter 4 , A New Genetic
Era, which focuses on genetic counseling and clinical application
of genetic knowledge; Chapter 12 , Neandertal Genes; and
Chapter 13 , Symbolism and Human Evolution examines when
in human evolution symbolism started to be important for survival.
5. New Visual Summaries of each chapter.
6. Chapter 4 has updated information on the human genome and
the application of DNA sequence information in a wide range of
areas, such as obesity and the treatment of genetic disease.
7. Chapter 9 includes information on Darwinius masillae, a new,
nearly complete primate from Messel, Germany (nicknamed “Ida”);
contains new coverage of cosmogenic radionuclide dating
techniques such as 26Al/ 10Be; and the earth in the Cenozoic
section includes updates to the coverage of stable carbon isotope
ratios.
8. Chapter 10 discusses the implications of more recently
published finds of Ardipithecus and the much younger Burtele
foot; covers the recent finds of Australopithecus sediba.
9. Chapter 11 has new coverage of the recently discovered Gona
Pelvis and information on the partial mandible from Sima de
Elefante; updates on the age of the last surviving H. erectus; and
inclusion of a discussion of the Flores hominin.
10. Chapter 14 includes new research on the evolution of
hominin brain size and shape.
Exploring Biological Anthropology
The Essentials
THIRD EDITION
Craig Stanford
University of Southern California
John S. Allen
University of Southern California
Susan C. Antón
New York University
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