Physical anthropology & ethnography books

Progestins play a key role in reproductive endocrinology and as pharmaceutical drugs for contraception and in combined...  Read More >>

Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas is the only book available for studies of the mouse brain before birth. A previous edition,...  Read More >>

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Who knew tails could be so cool? Readers will learn about the important concepts of adaptations in nature through...  Read More >>

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The Wnt family of secreted signalling molecules controls a wide range of developmental processes in all metazoans....  Read More >>

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This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of simplifying the mechanics...  Read More >>

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In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke....  Read More >>

Laboratory-bred common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) have a natural lifespan in captivity in excess of 12 years,...  Read More >>

Brain Dynamics serves to introduce graduate students and nonspecialists from various backgrounds to the field of...  Read More >>

Blink and you might miss these speedy animals, many of which can move faster than a car on the highway! This book...  Read More >>

Reticulate Evolution and Humans is the first book to describe the effect of genetic exchange on the origin and evolution...  Read More >>

Maps a series of historical events - since the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century - through which India was made...  Read More >>

Maps a series of historical events, through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular...  Read More >>

Assesses the contemporary practice of anthropology and its emerging shape as a discipline across the globe. This...  Read More >>

Incorporating multiple perspectives on the Lewis and Clark expedition and its aftermath  Read More >>

Assesses the contemporary practice of anthropology and its emerging shape as a discipline across the globe. This...  Read More >>

Presents two contrasting studies of monuments. This book discusses the fate of socialist monuments in Ukraine and...  Read More >>

Includes such articles as: Emotional Geography - Authenticity, Embodiment and Cultural Heritage; Anniversaries and...  Read More >>

A number of double homes connect different parts of Europe in new ways. The second home can be a cottage in the...  Read More >>

A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley...  Read More >>

Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his ""Manuel...  Read More >>