Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (August 12, 2024) © 2025

  • Craig Stanford University of Southern California
  • John S. Allen
  • Susan C. Anton New York University

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ISBN-13: 9780138027926 (2024 update)
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Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind covers the foundations of the discipline as well as modern innovations and discoveries. Each a practicing researcher in the field, authors Craig Stanford, John Allen and Susan Antón offer a specialist approach that gives you everything you need to master the subject.

The 5th Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest findings in the field. Fresh topics include collaborative genomic work with indigenous peoples and the biocultural anthropology of vaccine hesitancy. Other new focus areas include the impact of climate change on human biology, information about new archaeological signals of large game hunting by Neandertals, and new material on determining handedness in the fossil record.

Introduction: What Is Biological Anthropology?

Part 1: Mechanisms of Evolution

  1. Origins of Evolutionary Thought
  2. Genetics: Cells and Molecules
  3. Genetics: From Genotype to Phenotype
  4. The Forces of Evolution and the Formation of Species
  5. Human Variation: Evolution, Adaptation and Adaptability

Part 2: Primates

  1. The Nonhuman Primates
  2. Primate Behavior

Part 3: Paleontology and Primate Evolution

  1. Fossils in Geological Context
  2. Origin of Primates

Part 4: The Human Fossil Record

  1. Early Hominins
  2. Origin and Evolution of the Genus Homo
  3. Neandertals, Denisovans, and Other Homo in the Middle and Late Pleistocene
  4. The Emergence and Dispersal of Homo sapiens

Part 5: New Frontiers in Biological Anthropology

  1. Evolution of the Brain and Language
  2. Biomedical Anthropology
  3. The Evolution of Human Behavior
  4. Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology

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