Test Bank for Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Third Edition

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393938662
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393938661
• Author: Clark Spencer Larsen

Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Third Edition, is rich with stunning and photorealistic art, thoughtful pedagogy, innovative media, and up-to-date, student-centered content that illuminate physical anthropology’s most important themes.

Table of contents:

1. Ch 1: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
2. The Human Connection
3. Biocultural Evolution
4. What is Anthropology?
5. Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method
6. The Anthropological Perspective
7. Summary of Main Topics
8. Critical Thinking Questions
9. Ch 2: The Development of Evolutionary Theory
10. A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought
11. Natural Selection
12. Constraints on Nineteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory
13. Opposition to Evolution Today
14. Summary of Main Topics
15. Critical Thinking Questions
16. Ch 3: The Biological Basis of Life
17. Cells
18. From DNA to Protein
19. What is a Gene?
20. Regulatory Genes
21. Cell Division
22. New Frontiers
23. Summary of Main Topics
24. Critical Thinking Questions
25. Ch 4: Heredity and Evolution
26. The Genetic Principles Discovered by Mendel
27. Mendelian Inheritance in Humans
28. Polygenic Inheritance
29. Genetic and Environmental Factors
30. Mitochondrial Inheritance
31. Modern Evolutionary Theory
32. Factors That Produce and Redistribute Variation
33. Natural Selection is Directional and Acts on Variation
34. Review of Genetics and Evolutionary Factors
35. Summary of Main Topics
36. Critical Thinking Questions
37. Ch 5: Processes of Macroevolution
38. How We Connect: Discovering the Human Place in the Organic World
39. Constructing Classifications and Interpreting Evolutionary Relationships
40. Definition of Species
41. What are Fossils and How Do They Form?
42. Vertebrate Evolutionary History: A Brief Summary
43. Processes of Macroevolution
44. Summary of Main Topics
45. Critical Thinking Questions
46. Ch 6: An Overview of the Primates
47. Primate Characteristics
48. Primate Adaptations
49. Primate Classification
50. A Survey of the Living Primates
51. Endangered Primates
52. Summary of Main Topics
53. Critical Thinking Questions
54. Ch 7: Primate Behavior
55. The Evolution of Behavior
56. Why Be Social?
57. Primate Social Strategies
58. Reproduction and Reproductive Behaviors
59. Primate Cultural Behavior
60. Language
61. The Primate Continuum
62. Summary of Main Topics
63. Critical Thinking Questions
64. Ch 8: Primate and Hominin Origins
65. Early Primate Evolution
66. Understanding the Human Connection to Other Primates: Biocultural Evolution
67. Discovering Human Evolution: The Science of Paleoanthropology
68. Understanding Our Direct Evolutionary Connections: What’s a Hominin?
69. Walking the Walk: The Bipedal Adaptation
70. Digging for Connections: Early Hominins from Africa
71. Closer Connections: Early Homo (2+-1.4 mya)
72. Interpretations: What Does It All Mean?
73. Summary of Main Topics
74. Critical Thinking Questions
75. Ch 9: The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries
76. A New Kind of Hominin
77. The Morphology of Homo Erectus
78. The Geographical Range of Homo Erectus
79. Technological Trends during the Time of Homo Erectus
80. Seeing the Connections: Interpretations of Homo Erectus
81. Summary of Main Topics
82. Critical Thinking Questions
83. Ch 10: Premodern Humans
84. When, Where, and What
85. Premodern Humans of the Middle Pleistocene
86. Middle Pleistocene Culture
87. Neandertals: Premodern Humans of the Late Pleistocene
88. Culture of Neandertals
89. Molecular Connections: The Genetic Evidence
90. Seeing Close Human Connections: Understanding Premodern Humans
91. Summary of Main Topics
92. Critical Thinking Questions
93. Ch 11: The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans
94. Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins
95. The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans
96. Something New and Different: The “Little People”
97. Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic
98. Summary of Main Topics
99. Critical Thinking Questions
100. Ch 12: Human Variation and Adaptation
101. Historical Views of Human Variation
102. The Concept of Race
103. Contemporary Interpretations of Human Variation
104. Human Biocultural Evolution
105. Population Genetics
106. The Adaptive Significance of Human Variation
107. Infectious Disease
108. Summary of Main Topics
109. Critical Thinking Questions
110. Ch 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Life Course
111. Evolved Biology and Contemporary Lifestyles-Is there a Mismatch?
112. Biocultural Evolution and the Life Course
113. Diet and Nutrition through the Life Course
114. Life History Theory and the Human Life Course
115. Aging and Longevity
116. Are We Still Evolving?
117. Summary of Main Topics
118. Critical Thinking Questions
119. Ch 14: The Human Disconnection
120. Human Impact on the Planet and on Other Life-Forms
121. Global Climate Change
122. Impact on Biodiversity
123. Acceleration of Evolutionary Processes
124. Looking for Solutions
125. Is There Any Good News?
126. Summary of Main Topics
127. Critical Thinking Questions
128. Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy
129. Appendix B: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa
130. Appendix C: Population Genetics
131. Appendix D: Sexing and Aging the Skeleton
132. Glossary
133. Bibliography
134. Credits
135. Index

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