Human biology

Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.

Case studies on violent deaths from the past and present vividly illustrate how anthropologists construct meaning from the victim''s bones.

This book critically reviews theory, assumptions, methods and literature to examine the unique role of teeth in preserving records of human growth.

This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.

This book provides an overview of developmental anomalies, disorders and intersex conditions.

Challenging current theories of how modern humans emerged, this book explores how people travelled from Africa to Australia in the Pleistocene.

This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.

A wide-ranging and inclusive text focusing on topics in human evolution and the understanding of modern human variation and adaptability.

Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.

A wide-ranging and inclusive text focusing on topics in human evolution and the understanding of modern human variation and adaptability.

Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.

Case studies on violent deaths from the past and present vividly illustrate how anthropologists construct meaning from the victim''s bones.

This book critically reviews theory, assumptions, methods and literature to examine the unique role of teeth in preserving records of human growth.

Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics.

This follow-up to The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth puts methods to use in interpreting human origins and affinities.

This book offers an overview of human identity and identification, examining the whole body by integrating biological and social sciences and theories.

This book offers an overview of human identity and identification, examining the whole body by integrating biological and social sciences and theories.

This follow-up to The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth puts methods to use in interpreting human origins and affinities.

This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene.

A 2014 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12!

This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene.

An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations.

A clear, step-by-step guide to statistical methods for anthropology students, providing a solid footing in basic statistical techniques.

An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations.

A clear, step-by-step guide to statistical methods for anthropology students, providing a solid footing in basic statistical techniques.

This book clearly explains bioethical issues and their philosophical foundations to science students, encouraging critical thinking about the ethics of biotechnology.

A comprehensive review of the corticospinal and spinal contributions to the control of movement in human subjects.

This book clearly explains bioethical issues and their philosophical foundations to science students, encouraging critical thinking about the ethics of biotechnology.

A comprehensive review of the corticospinal and spinal contributions to the control of movement in human subjects.

Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans.

International archaeologists examine early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.

This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.

Draws together a wide range of elements relating to craniofacial analysis and identification, examining the latest advances in the field.

Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans.

International archaeologists examine early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.

This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.

Draws together a wide range of elements relating to craniofacial analysis and identification, examining the latest advances in the field.

This book explains the quantitative basis of human life to life science students, with examples drawn from contemporary physiology, genetics and nanobiology.

Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.

This book explains the quantitative basis of human life to life science students, with examples drawn from contemporary physiology, genetics and nanobiology.

Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.

Systematically working from the whole body down to cellular levels, this book presents a multiscale, integrative approach to skeletal research.

Systematically working from the whole body down to cellular levels, this book presents a multiscale, integrative approach to skeletal research.

This book is an introduction to recent advances in neuromorphic robotics and its contribution to furthering our understanding of the brain.

This book is an introduction to recent advances in neuromorphic robotics and its contribution to furthering our understanding of the brain.

World renowned researchers discuss past and current research into REM sleep and set the foundation for future developments.

World renowned researchers discuss past and current research into REM sleep and set the foundation for future developments.

Top researchers explore the latest cutting-edge research into the perception of 3D environments, presenting both biological and computational perspectives.

This fascinating and groundbreaking book by an eminent team of scholars provides an accessible introduction to anthropometric history.

This book offers an examination of human reproductive ecology focussing on environmental, demographic, health and family planning issues.