Physical anthropology & ethnography books

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the natural history of the Japanese Archipelago (Yaponesia), employing...  Read More >>

In Asia, research in human evolution has long been considered to have lagged far behind. Often this is due to the...  Read More >>

The new Bible of population genetics- the science transforming our understanding of the past We are living through...  Read More >>

The study of paleopathology has two very different constituencies, the medical scientist and the zoologist/paleontologist/anthropologist....  Read More >>

Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors brings together the most recent information on the behavior and ecology...  Read More >>

A biohistoric investigation of a controversial museum collection. This book considers the vast collection of skulls...  Read More >>

A biohistoric investigation of a controversial museum collection. This book considers the vast collection of skulls...  Read More >>

When A History of the Mexican-American People was first published in 1977 it was greeted with enthusiasm for its...  Read More >>

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Focusing on the daily concerns, activities, and routine events of people in the past, this volume argues for a paradigm...  Read More >>

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Anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how three ancient biases—conformism, religiosity,...  Read More >>

Anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how three ancient biases—conformism, religiosity,...  Read More >>

This accessible textbook provides the first comprehensive synthesis of both the societal and environmental drivers...  Read More >>

This accessible textbook provides the first comprehensive synthesis of both the societal and environmental drivers...  Read More >>

"""This book demonstrates how, since the 1920s, fantasies and practices of seeing the 'brain at work' were and still...  Read More >>

Brings the science of physical anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon...  Read More >>

The first section, ‘Human Influences on Primate Habitat’, covers ways in which wild primates are affected by human...  Read More >>

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By analysing contemporary care practices for patients with chronic disease in the Netherlands, Reinventing the Good...  Read More >>

By analysing contemporary care practices for patients with chronic disease in the Netherlands, Reinventing the Good...  Read More >>

A powerful and critical investigation of iron deficiency in women throughout evolutionary history and in our current...  Read More >>

An entertaining illustrated deep dive into muscle, from the discovery of human anatomy to the latest science of...  Read More >>