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Essentials of Biological Anthropology: Selected Chapters
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ISBN13: 9788024613383
Publisher: Karolinum Pr
Published: Jun 1 2007
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.40 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
This book deals with interesting contemporary anthropological topics. As the authors are respected experts from Spain, Czech Republic and Belgium, the publication offers a good overview of modern anthropology. In the broad table of contents, we can find topics ranging from man's growth and development to genetics, from human evolution to population genetics or applied anthropology. The chapters are divided into 5 sections: 1. How to define anthropology, 2. Evolution, 3. From growth to aging, 4. Anthropology and society and 5. Applied anthropology. The publications is complemented with numerous charts, graphs and illustrations.
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