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Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Eighth Edition introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand the big picture of human evolution. Supported by vibrant visuals that include abundant illustrations, photographs, and photo-enhanced maps, the book focuses on human evolution and biology to help you master basic biological principles of physical anthropology so you'll be able to better understand human origins and our place in the biological world. Offering balanced coverage of the topic areas you'll cover in class (heredity and evolution, primates, hominid evolution, and contemporary human evolution) this edition emphasizes the chronology of fossil finds instead of just describing the fossils and the sites where they were found. The authors also interpret each fossil within the framework of the story of human evolution. New features like "Why It Matters" further emphasize the fossils' evolutionary significance, and often even propose the relevance of chapter materials to our everyday lives. The seventh edition provides thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and expanded coverage of population biology and human variation. It also includes powerful learning tools, including a robust book website. Altogether, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Seventh Edition, integrates up-to-date coverage of the latest finds and relevant technologies in a format and writing style designed to help all students master the material. ... Read more

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Good Introduction
I bought this book for the biological anthropology class. This textbook is clear and concise. Each time when I confuse on the class, and not really sure about what the professor discuss about. I will check on this textbook later thant everything become clear. Therefore, I recommand this book for student who want to understand the biological anthropology field.

Great and very comprehensive
This is a great college textbook! Very detailed, but yet you can understand every word of it. I recommend it just to read cause of all the information.

Textbook. Good intro to topic. Book well designed.
I read this book as part of a correspondence course through the University of California, Berkeley in 1997.

The book is 8x11, about 350 pages, color photos and diagrams. The typography and layout are very good. Text is dense. The writing style is clear.

Chapter topics: Intro, Darwin, cell biology, genetics, race, human variation, primate evolution, living primates, primate behavior, hominid origins, interpreting early hominids, homo erectus, homo sapiens, lessons learned.

I rate the book average because topic coverage seemed thin. Later editions of the book contain more material. The book is graphics-rich. Lots of drawings, photos etc. More so than I am used to seeing in textbooks. ... Read more

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Authors Stein and Rowe continue to share their love of discovery with students in this balanced, objective introduction to physical anthropology that does not assume that students have any previous knowledge of the subject. Carefully streamlined, making it more accessible and affordable, this edition provides students with a pedagogical program designed to facilitate comprehension. Every concept is carefully explained and illustrated, guiding students step-by-step through difficult material. As always, the authors use the most current data to unravel the mystery of the evolution of humankind, and to examine the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment. ... Read more

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Physical Anthropology Book
The book itself in in great condition; however, I paid for expedited shipping (6-8 business days) and it took 14 business days to arrive. As a result, I fell behind in my class because I was not able to begin reading. ... Read more

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Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Seventh Edition introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand the big picture of human evolution. Supported by vibrant visuals that include abundant illustrations, photographs, and photo-enhanced maps, the text focuses on human evolution and biology to help you master basic biological principles of physical anthropology so you'll be able to better understand human origins and our place in the biological world. Offering balanced coverage of the topic areas you'll cover in class (heredity and evolution, primates, hominid evolution, and contemporary human evolution) this edition emphasizes the chronology of fossil finds instead of just describing the fossils and the sites where they were found.The authors also interpret each fossil within the framework of the story of human evolution. New features like "Why It Matters" further emphasize the fossils' evolutionary significance, and often even propose the relevance of chapter materials to our everyday lives. The seventh edition provides thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and expanded coverage of population biology and human variation. It also includes powerful learning tools, including a robust text website. Altogether, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Seventh Edition, integrates up-to-date coverage of the latest finds and relevant technologies in a format and writing style designed to help all students master the material. ... Read more

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Anthropology Textbook
Had to get this for a Physical Anthropology class.Thorough book, and has a lot of vocabulary words in the margins which is helpful.

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The book was delivered on time. I was a little disappointed because the whole back of book and has been covered with a black tape, and i would not have ordered this book if i had known that. However all in all it was "OK"

This is a really great textbook
I used this book for my physical anthropology class last semester and it is really great! It's nice and short and packed with so much information. I actually wish I hadnt sold the book back after the semester was over because it was so great.

Great book
The book came on time and in the great condition. Thank you, I would definetely order from you again.

Essentials of Physical Anthropology-7th Edition
If you find this book on amazon.com, and you need it for school, BUY IT!!!The textbook is expensive otherwise.Even if you aren't looking for this text for school purposes, it is full of interesting information and any reader will find its contents stimulating and useful. ... Read more

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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY continues to present a comprehensive, well-balanced introduction to the field, combining an engaging writing style and compelling visual content to bring the study of physical anthropology to life for today's students. With a focus on the big picture of human evolution, the text helps students master the basic principles of the subject and arrive at an understanding of the human species and its place in the biological world. This book continues to keep pace with changes in the field by including thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and genomics, expanded material on modern human biology, and the latest in new fossil finds. ... Read more

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book for class
I got this book for class.For a text book it is pretty good.The illustrations are helpful as well as the definitions.

Sweet
The book was in good condition and it arrived way sooner than i had expected.

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There was some highlighting, but no missing pages and the book itself was intact. Not bad, and would consider purchasing from this agent again.

very timely
it came very timely, and in good shape, packaging was done well. overall good performance. thank you

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The book was exactly as described. I paid for fast shipping came as promised. Would purchase from them again. ... Read more

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This Eighteenth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: Physical Anthropology provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; and an online instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ... Read more

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awesome!!!
book was in as described conditions. fast shipping and never had a problem. would buy from again in the future. highly recommend.

Great !
This book is very well laid out and easy to read. A variety of interesting articles.

Great transaction!
Thank you for delivering this textbook to me in a timely manner. The item I received was in the condition that was described. A pleasure to do business with you. ... Read more

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Jurmain's best-selling text provides you with the course content you need to help you pass your biological/physical anthropology course. Through clear discussions that move from 'description' to interpretation, compelling visual content, cutting-edge research, and interactive multimedia, you'll discover life's history and the place of human beings in the biological world. ... Read more

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The item came at the time said and it was in the condition as it was told.

An Excellent Book For Anthropology Students
This would be the perfect book for any student who cannot afford to buy the regular cost of an Anthropology book. I would highly advise anyone who would want to purchase this book for less. To add, I hope that it will help me get a passing grade and I know that it will.

Great Book
I have read this book and it really helped me understand evolution.It is a great book that is easy to read and understand.

Its a textbook
Pretty straight forward, this textbook has lots of great information and definitely gives important facts in a simple fashion.It also does a great job of describing the numerous facets of the theory of evolution.

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Physical Anthropology Book
The shipping was done in a timely matter. It arrived right when it was suppost to. The book was in excellent condition when I recieved it. It looked brand new! I recommend this seller. ... Read more

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The #1 text in physical anthropology, now in a brief edition.With the same unparalleled art and inquiry-based pedagogy as the best-selling Our Origins, Essentials of Physical Anthropology is the ideal text for focusing students’ attention on what really matters and why. Author Clark Larsen, one of the world’s leading physical anthropologists, has worked hard to develop a tight narrative, covering only the most pertinent, most up-to-date information that students should know. Pedagogical features in every chapter keep students focused on the core concepts and “big questions” in physical anthropology. An extensive art program, including figures, photos, maps, and bubble captions, brings concepts to life.
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Ever wish you could just do your lab work from home? Now you can. With VIRTUAL LABORATORIES FOR PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY CD-ROM you can do all 12 labs from your room. You'll use video clips, 3-D animation, and data from the latest fossil finds to test your hypotheses or discover new research directions. You can even take notes in the program, and then print them out when it's test time. With in-depth information, interactive labs, and test-prep all included, this is the best lab program available. Log on and start doing anthropology from home today! ... Read more

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With an unparalleled art program, OurOrigins is an accessible, up-to-date textthat focuses on anthropology's big questionsand the scientific process.A leader in thefield and an experienced teacher, Clark Larsenfocuses not on encyclopedic details but on the"big picture," getting students to see and think like anthropologists. Larsen covers all the major aspects of physical anthropology, includinggenetics, primatology, and the fossil record. He also provides the strongest coverage ofbioarchaeology on the market.

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Anthropology Dream
What a great book. Great experience with the physical condition bought on Amazon, and the literary marvel within its pages. Another purchase well made...

Excellent anthro text book
I purchased this book for a class I will take - the class hasn't started yet, but I'm on chapter 6 of the book - very interesting, well written book.The way the pages are set up makes the reader want to read every word.

Great Buy
This textbook was fairly cheap and it is in perfect condition, so I have no complaints.

Well planned and easy to understand
Compared to some anthropology textbooks this one is quite easy to read.It is a first edition so it has a couple minor errors, but nothing too bad.It also doesn't explain some of the contentious points of anthropology, which may confuse some who stumble upon them through research, but I guess that is inevitable for a beginning book.

Not bad overall, and far cheaper on amazon than through the university bookstore :) ... Read more

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Where did we come from? To answer this question, anthropologists reconstruct the human past and study the human present from both biological and cultural perspectives. Human Antiquity offers an absorbing, straightforward explanation of human origins and evolution by thoroughly integrating physical anthropology and archaeology.Co-authors Kenneth Feder and Michael Park combine the ideas, methods, and knowledge from both biological anthropology and archaeology into a unified effort: Feder is an archeologist who conducts surveys, excavations, and analyses to understand the native inhabitants of New England; Park is a biological anthropologist interested in the application of evolutionary theory to the biological history of our species. ... Read more

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Good book, good price, good times.
Needed this book for an Anthropology course and the campus bookstore wanted to charge me much more than should ever be paid for it. Found it on Amazon instead at a great price. It is definitely used, but that's what it was advertised as. Plus, the scrawlings on various pages were obviously jotted by a religious nutjob, making for great laughs while reading the material. Huzzah.

An ideal text for classroom curriculums
Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, Human Antiquity: An Introduction To Physical Anthropology And Archaeology continues to be an ideal text for classroom curriculums.Absorbing, straightforward explanations of human origins and evolution are presented beginning with an innovative opening chapter surveying creation myths and comparing the methods and purposes of science with those of belief systems. Also included in this outstanding text are an overview of evolution, and offers up-to-date information on such controversial issues as the Human Genome project, scientific creationism, the "collapse" of civilization, and more. With this new edition is a section on the contribution of genetics to questions of the geographic source of Native Americans, a major revision and update on the archaeology of Catalhoyuk, the Indus Valley, and the Olmec, early hominid diets, new finds from Dmanisis, Georgia, and Bose in southern China, stone tools from West Turkana, and much, much more. Human Antiquity is reader friendly and an ideal text for the non-specialist general reader seeking to become introductorily acquainted with the latest developments in both physical anthropology and archaeology.

This book was a great introductory book with great pictures
I used this for an introductory Anthropology/Archaeology course and found it easy to understand and very informative.The vocabulary was easy to find and learn and the by using the index it was possible to find subjectseasily.I really likedusing this book.It also had great picutres. ... Read more

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This text offers an alternative shortened version of "Physical Anthropology", 5th edition. It aims to provide a balanced and accessible presentation of human evolution and diversity by examining the relationship between biology and the environment. The book includes trademark pedagogical features within each chapter - integrated chapter summaries, interest boxes, review questions and annotated readings. It also features explanations of core topics. ... Read more

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This mainstream, four-color physical anthropology text is the best selling text in the brief physical anthropology market. The text presents a balanced, thorough introduction to the field of physical anthropology that also reflects the current state of the field. The heredity and evolution chapters (Chapters 1-5) have been expanded and updated to reflect the tremendous advances of molecular biology in all phases of physical anthropology, and the hominid evolution chapters (Chapters 8-11) have been reorganized and reinterpreted to reflect current academic thought springing from recent major finds. To make the text more accessible, the Sixth Edition includes many new visuals that, together with the many charts, helpful tables, multimedia, and engaging writing style, will bring the study of physical anthropology to life for today's student. ... Read more

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Great book @ great price
I really liked how I saved so much money purchasing this book off Amazon, I needed this text for my class and when I compared the prices- the bookstores and other websites were selling the book @ outrageous prices!! But when I looked on Amazon and found my textbook @ this price- I couldn't believe how inexpensive it was!!!

Good Stuff
I purchased this book instead of the newer edition for a class.Other than different page numbers it appeared to be all the same material.I got an A in the class and saved about $100 with this book. ... Read more

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Annual Editions is a series of over 65 volumes, each designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is offered as a practical guide for instructors.Visit www.mhcls.com for more details. ... Read more

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Supplemental Textbook
Had to get this book for a Physical Anthropology class.So far, the articles are very interesting and keep my attention. ... Read more

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This mainstream, full-color physical anthropology text is the best-selling text in the market! While it continues to present a comprehensive, well-balanced introduction to the field of physical anthropology, this is a major revision and the book has shifted emphases in critical areas of biology, including molecular biology and genetics, to reflect the field as it stands today. Now, as a Media Edition, INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY automatically comes with the new BASIC GENETICS CD which responds to growing interest in genetic variation driven by advances in molecular biology enhance. ... Read more

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Fantastic service!!!
I ordered this book during the first week of school, and it arrived in less than a weeks and a half at my door step; that alone is enought to give this review a five star rating. The book itself was intact, a little worn out but nothing the seller didn't warn me about.

Cheap
It's not in it's best condition and it came later than i expect it would be. It's did came before the dead line. but what can one expect for the cheap price i'm paying.Not a lot of teachers use this edition anymore, but some still do allow you to use this one.

Excellent, brand new and shipped fast
This was a good deal, it was brand new and it shipped very fast. I was impressed. ... Read more

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UNDERSTANDING HUMANS: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY shows students how anthropologists and archaeologists go about their work as they study human evolution, living nonhuman primates, human adaptation and variation, the origin and dispersal of modern humans, food production, the first civilizations of the Old and New Worlds, and so much more. "At a Glance" sections and "Focus Questions" help students better understand the material and study more effectively for exams. ... Read more

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This streamlined, full-color text is a thorough and well balanced introduction to the fields of physical anthropology and archaeology. Now with a new co-author, Barry Lewis brings his expertise in research methods and his experience with North American and South Indian archaeology to this edition.The author teams' conversational writing style and high interest features such as "Digging Deeper", and also new features such as "At a Glance", "Focus Questions" and "Cutting Edge Research" helps students grasp the material and enjoy learning in the process. At the beginning of each chapter the authors also point students and instructors to the media appropriate for that chapter.In addition to the text and Basic Companion Website, Wadsworth offers a Premium Companion Site and several technology based products such as an Online Virtual Laboratories or CD-ROM, the Hominid Fossils CD-ROM and Basic Genetics CD-ROM. See the supplement section for details. ... Read more

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greatness
This book was in great condition! There was alittle wear-and-tear, but that is to be expected with a used book. I did not expect it to be in such great condition. Thanks. ... Read more

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This supplementary reader offers both historical and contemporary articles that demonstrate the nature of biological anthropology.With nearly one-third of the selections focusing on living populations, the 43 readings cover the entire range of bioanthropological studies:evolution, nonhuman primates, human paleontology, and modern human groups. Twelve of the 43 articles are new to this edition, including Kari Bruwelheide and Douglas Owsley's "Written in Bone: Reading the Remains of the 17th Century"; Carl Zimmer's "What is a Species?"; Daniel E. Lieberman's "Homing In On Early Homo"; and Sally Lehrman's "Going Beyond X and Y." ... Read more

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Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropologyor, as it is now known, biological anthropologyfrom its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors trace the development of people, ideas, traditions, and organizations that contributed to the advancement of this branch of anthropology that focuses today on human variation and human evolution. ... Read more