Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology,9780534615062

Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780534615062
ISBN10: 0534615066
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-18
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Preface. 1. Genetics. 2. Biological Classification. 3. Human Osteology. 4. Comparison of the Skeletons of Quadrupeds, Bipeds, and Brachiators. 5. Comparing the Living Primates. 6. Observation of Living Primate Behavior and Morphology. 7. Early Evolution of Primates in the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene. 8. Miocene Hominoid Evolution. 9. The Early Hominids. 10. The Genus Homo. 11. Anthropometry, Nonmetric Traits, Dermatoglyphics. 12. Human Skeletal Variation and Forensic Anthropology. Appendix A: Comparison Chart of Fossil Hominids.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Genetics
1(46)
Objectives
1(1)
Basic Genetics
1(1)
DNA Replication
2(1)
Terminology
3(1)
Mitosis
4(1)
Meiosis
4(1)
Sources of Variability
5(1)
Solving Genetics Problems
6(3)
Survey of Some Genetic Traits
9(6)
Exercise 1.1
11(1)
Exercise 1.2
12(1)
Exercise 1.3
13(2)
Pedigree Analysis
15(4)
Exercise 1.4
17(2)
Sex Linkage
19(1)
Blood Typing
20(5)
Exercise 1.5
23(2)
Evolution and the Hardy-Weinberg Formula
25(4)
Three-Allele System
29(6)
Exercise 1.6
33(2)
Probability
35(1)
Assortative Mating
36(2)
Migration or Gene Flow (Hybridization)
38(1)
Genetic Drift and Founder Effect
38(1)
DNA Typing
39(7)
Exercise 1.7
43(3)
Reexamining the Issues
46(1)
Biological Classification
47(12)
Objectives
47(1)
Introduction
47(3)
Primate Classification
50(8)
Exercise 2.1
53(5)
Reexamining the Issues
58(1)
Human Osteology
59(30)
Objective
59(1)
Introduction
59(3)
Terminology
62(2)
Features of Bone
64(1)
Bones of the Skull
64(6)
Postcranial Bones
70(18)
Exercise 3.1
87(1)
Reexamining the Issues
88(1)
Comparison of the Skeletons of Quadrupeds, Bipeds, and Brachiators
89(22)
Objectives
89(1)
The Vertebral Column
89(2)
The Pelvis
91(14)
Measurements and Indices
105(4)
Exercise 4.1
107(2)
Reexamining the Issues
109(2)
Comparing the Living Primates
111(14)
Objectives
111(1)
Introduction
111(3)
Postcranial Comparisons and Locomotion
114(4)
Dental Trends Through Primate Evolution
118(6)
Exercise 5.1
121(3)
Reexamining the Issues
124(1)
Observation of Living Primate Behavior and Morphology
125(10)
Objectives
125(1)
Introduction
125(1)
Behavior Categories
126(1)
Sampling Techniques
126(1)
Reexamining the Issues
127(8)
Exercise 6.1
129(2)
Exercise 6.2
131(2)
Exercise 6.3
133(2)
Early Evolution of Primates in the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene
135(10)
Objectives
135(1)
Evolutionary Theory
135(1)
Paleocene (65-55 M.Y.A.)
136(1)
Eocene (55-34 M.Y.A.)
137(2)
Oligocene (34-23 M.Y.A.)
139(5)
Exercise 7.1
141(3)
Reexamining the Issues
144(1)
Miocene Hominoid Evolution
145(14)
Objectives
145(1)
The Biomolecular Data
146(1)
DNA Hybridization
147(1)
The Molecular Clock
147(2)
The Fossil Data
149(1)
The Early Miocene
149(1)
The Middle and Late Miocene
150(8)
Exercise 8.1
155(3)
Reexamining the Issues
158(1)
The Early Hominids
159(12)
Objectives
159(1)
Introduction
159(1)
East African Hominids
159(4)
The South African Australopithecines
163(2)
Comparison of East and South African Pliocene Fossils
165(5)
Exercise 9.1
167(3)
Reexamining the Issues
170(1)
The Genus Homo
171(14)
Objectives
171(1)
Introduction
171(1)
Homo rudolfensis
172(1)
Homo habilis
172(1)
Homo ergaster
173(1)
Homo erectus
173(3)
Homo heidelbergensis
176(1)
Archaic Homo sapiens
176(3)
Modern Homo sapiens
179(5)
Exercise 10.1
181(3)
Reexamining the Issues
184(1)
Anthropometry, Nonmetric Traits, Dermatoglyphics
185(24)
Objectives
185(1)
Statistical Tests
185(3)
Metric Analysis
188(3)
Exercise 11.1
191(1)
Measurement Record
191(2)
Osteometry
193(1)
Cranial Landmarks
194(7)
Exercise 11.2
198(3)
Nonmetric Traits
201(1)
Nonmetric Trait Frequencies
202(1)
Recording Form
203(2)
Exercise 11.3
203(2)
Dermatoglyphics
205(3)
Exercise 11.4
207(1)
Reexamining the Issues
208(1)
Human Skeletal Variation and Forensic Anthropology
209(50)
Objectives
209(1)
Introduction
209(1)
Solve This Case!
210(2)
Determination of Sex
212(3)
Determination of Ancestry
215(11)
Suchey-Brooks Pubic Age Phase Descriptions
226(8)
Determination
234(11)
Estimation of Stature
245(1)
Pathology
246(11)
Exercise 12.1
251(6)
Reexamining the Issues
257(2)
Appendix Hominid Comparison Chart 259(2)
Glossary 261(8)
Bibliography 269(5)
Credits 274(1)
Index 275

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