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  • Medical Pluralism in the Andes

    Edited by Christine Greenway, Joan D. Koss-Chioino, Thomas Leatherman ...
    Medical Pluralism in the Andes is the first major collection of anthropological approaches to health in the Andes for over twenty years. Written in tribute to Libbet Crandon Malamuds pioneering work on Andean medicine, this readable, extensively illustrated and instructive book reflects the diversity of approaches in medical anthropology that have evolved during the past two decades. Capturing the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

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  • Adam's Navel

    A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form

    by Michael Sims ...
    In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Forensic Science

    by Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel ...
    Fundamentals of Forensic Science, Third Edition, provides current case studies that reflect the ways professional forensic scientists work, not how forensic academicians teach. The book includes the binding principles of forensic science, including the relationships between people, places, and things as demonstrated by transferred evidence, the context of those people, places, and things, and the ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Human Osteology

    by Tim D. White, Michael T. Black, Pieter A. Folkens ...
    A classic in its field, Human Osteology has been used by students and professionals through nearly two decades. Now revised and updated for a third edition, the book continues to build on its foundation of detailed photographs and practical real-world application of science. New information, expanded coverage of existing chapters, and additional supportive photographs keep this book current and ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • The Invention of the White Race, Volume 1

    Racial Oppression and Social Control

    by Theodore W. Allen ...
    Series Book 1 - The Invention of the White Race
    When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no “white” people there. Nor, according to colonial records, would there be for another sixty years. In this seminal two-volume work, The Invention of the White Race, Theodore W. Allen tells the story of how America’s ruling classes created the category of the “white race” as a means of social control. Since that early invention, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Politics of Species

    Reshaping our Relationships with Other Animals

    Edited by Raymond Corbey, Annette Lanjouw ...
    The assumption that humans are cognitively and morally superior to other animals is fundamental to social democracies and legal systems worldwide. It legitimises treating members of other animal species as inferior to humans. The last few decades have seen a growing awareness of this issue, as evidence continues to show that individuals of many other species have rich mental, emotional and social ... Read more

    $50.89 USD

  • What Teeth Reveal about Human Evolution

    by Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg ...
    Over millions of years in the fossil record, hominin teeth preserve a high-fidelity record of their own growth, development, wear, chemistry and pathology. They yield insights into human evolution that are difficult, if not impossible, to achieve through other sources of fossil or archaeological data. Integrating dental findings with current debates and issues in palaeoanthropology, this book ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Fossil Primates

    by Susan Cachel ...
    Series Book 70 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
    Reconstructing the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates, this book is intended as an exposition of non-human primate evolution that includes information about evolutionary theory and processes, paleobiology, paleoenvironment, how fossils are formed, how fossils illustrate evolutionary processes, the reconstruction of life from fossils, the formation of the primate fossil record, functional ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

  • Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology

    by Simon Hillson ...
    Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood ... Read more

    $67.29 USD

  • Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior

    A Unifying View of Life, Function, Form, Mismatches and Trends

    by Rui Diogo ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book proposes a new way to think about evolution. The author carefully brings together evidence from diverse fields of science. In the process, he bridges the gaps between many different--and usually seen as conflicting--ideas to present one integrative theory named ONCE, which stands for Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution. The author argues that evolution is mainly driven by the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Human Evolutionary Biology

    Edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein ...
    Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human ... Read more

    $68.09 USD

  • A Companion to Paleopathology

    Edited by Anne L. Grauer ...
    Series Book 34 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology.Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and disease processes throughout human historyDemonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non ... Read more

    $47.00 USD