Biological anthropology : an evolutionary perspective

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Content: Part 1. lecture 1. What is biological anthropology? -- lecture 2. How evolution works -- lecture 3. The debate over evolution -- lecture 4. Matter arising : new species -- lecture 5. Prosimians, monkeys, and apes -- lecture 6. Monkey and ape social behavior -- lecture 7. The mind of the great ape -- lecture 8. Models for human ancestors -- lecture 9. Introducing the hominids -- lecture 10. Lucy and company -- lecture 11. Stones and bones --lecture 12. Out of Africa. Part 2. lecture 13. Who were the Neandertals? -- lecture 14. Did hunting make us human? -- lecture 15. The prehistory of gender -- lecture 16. Modern human anatomy and behavior -- lecture 17. On the origins of Homo sapiens -- lecture 18. Language -- lecture 19. Do human races exist? -- lecture 20. Modern human variation -- lecture 21. Body fat, diet, and obesity -- lecture 22. The body and mind evolving -- lecture 23. Tyranny of the gene? -- lecture 24. Evolution and our future. -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Species sketches -- Bibliography, essential and supplementary reading.