Test Bank for Essentials of Physical Anthropology, 10th Edition, 10e by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, Eric Bartelink TEST BANK
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Ch 1: Introduction to P
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Test Bank for Essentials of Physical Anthropology, 10th Edition, 10e by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, Eric Bartelink TEST BANK
ISBN-13: 9781337417488
Full chapters included
Ch 1: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
The Human Connection
Biocultural Evolution
What is Anthropology?
Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method
The Anthropological Perspective
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 2: The Development of Evolutionary Theory
A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought
Natural Selection
Constraints on Nineteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory
Opposition to Evolution Today
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 3: The Biological Basis of Life
Cells
From DNA to Protein
What is a Gene?
Regulatory Genes
Cell Division
New Frontiers
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 4: Heredity and Evolution
The Genetic Principles Discovered by Mendel
Mendelian Inheritance in Humans
Polygenic Inheritance
Genetic and Environmental Factors
Mitochondrial Inheritance
Modern Evolutionary Theory
Factors That Produce and Redistribute Variation
Natural Selection is Directional and Acts on Variation
Review of Genetics and Evolutionary Factors
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 5: Processes of Macroevolution
How We Connect: Discovering the Human Place in the Organic World
Constructing Classifications and Interpreting Evolutionary Relationships
Definition of Species
What are Fossils and How Do They Form?
Vertebrate Evolutionary History: A Brief Summary
Processes of Macroevolution
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 6: An Overview of the Primates
Primate Characteristics
Primate Adaptations
Primate Classification
A Survey of the Living Primates
Endangered Primates
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 7: Primate Behavior
The Evolution of Behavior
Why Be Social?
Primate Social Strategies
Reproduction and Reproductive Behaviors
Primate Cultural Behavior
Language
The Primate Continuum
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 8: Primate and Hominin Origins
Early Primate Evolution
Understanding the Human Connection to Other Primates: Biocultural Evolution
Discovering Human Evolution: The Science of Paleoanthropology
Understanding Our Direct Evolutionary Connections: What’s a Hominin?
Walking the Walk: The Bipedal Adaptation
Digging for Connections: Early Hominins from Africa
Closer Connections: Early Homo (2+-1.4 mya)
Interpretations: What Does It All Mean?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 9: The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries
A New Kind of Hominin
The Morphology of Homo Erectus
The Geographical Range of Homo Erectus
Technological Trends during the Time of Homo Erectus
Seeing the Connections: Interpretations of Homo Erectus
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 10: Premodern Humans
When, Where, and What
Premodern Humans of the Middle Pleistocene
Middle Pleistocene Culture
Neandertals: Premodern Humans of the Late Pleistocene
Culture of Neandertals
Molecular Connections: The Genetic Evidence
Seeing Close Human Connections: Understanding Premodern Humans
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 11: The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans
Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins
The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans
Something New and Different: The "Little People"
Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 12: Human Variation and Adaptation
Historical Views of Human Variation
The Concept of Race
Contemporary Interpretations of Human Variation
Human Biocultural Evolution
Population Genetics
The Adaptive Significance of Human Variation
Infectious Disease
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Life Course
Evolved Biology and Contemporary Lifestyles-Is there a Mismatch?
Biocultural Evolution and the Life Course
Diet and Nutrition through the Life Course
Life History Theory and the Human Life Course
Aging and Longevity
Are We Still Evolving?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Ch 14: The Human Disconnection
Human Impact on the Planet and on Other Life-Forms
Global Climate Change
Impact on Biodiversity
Acceleration of Evolutionary Processes
Looking for Solutions
Is There Any Good News?
Summary of Main Topics
Critical Thinking Questions
Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy
Appendix B: Summary of Early Hominin Fossil Finds from Africa
Appendix C: Population Genetics
Appendix D: Sexing and Aging the Skeleton
Glossary
Bibliography
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