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Human Origins 101
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 50.00What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Human Origins 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume... more...
Medicine and Evolution
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 145.95With evolutionary medicine, further interaction between anthropologists, life scientists, and health professionals is crucial for progress. This book presents an overview of the state of the science, integrating theory and practice to contribute to the development of reflexive thought within evolutionary medicine. more...
The Genesis Chronicles
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 31.81One scientist's conjecture about key events in various stages of the evolution of humankind from Ramepithecus to Homo Sapiens Sapiens , at times controversial but always thought-provoking. more...
Cranial and Postcranial Skeletal Remains from Easter Island
University of Minnesota Press 1968; US$ 60.00An archaeological expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific was organized and financed by Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist of Kon-Tiki fame, in 1955-1956. Although Professor Murrill was not a member of the expedition, he was asked to st more...
The First Humans
Springer 2009; US$ 99.99Addresses the origin of the human genus Homo, a major transition in human evolution and associated with major changes in brain size, locomotion, and culture. more...
Ardipithecus kadabba
University of California Press 2009; US$ 64.00The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash late Miocene faunal assemblages recovered from sediments... more...
Medical Anthropology and the World System
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 147.00Medical anthropology is one of the youngest and most dynamic of anthropology's various subdisciplines. Critical medical anthropology has evolved into one of the major perspectives through which faculty and students study the field. It examines health-related issues in precapitalist indigenous and state societies, capitalist societies, and postrevolutionary... more...
The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 45.00Notable anthropologist George Foster defined the first edition as "a very readable introductory text dealing with the sociocultural aspects of health," adding: "[T]he authors do a commendable jobÉ . I have profited from reading The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine". With engaging examples, minimal jargon, and updated scholarship, the... more...
Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 23.00Shows that it is individual educators who often make critical decisions about what children are taught about evolution. more...
Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 74.00Benoît Dubreuil offers a naturalist account of the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. more...









