Laboratory Techniques In Physical Anthropology

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Exploring Physical Anthropology is a comprehensive, full-color lab manual intended for an introductory laboratory course in physical anthropology. It can also serve as a supplementary workbook for a lecture class, particularly in the absence of a laboratory offering. This laboratory manual enables a hands-on approach to learning about the evolutionary processes that resulted in humans through the use of numerous examples and exercises. It offers a solid grounding in the main areas of an introductory physical anthropology lab course: genetics, evolutionary forces, human osteology, forensic anthropology, comparative/functional skeletal anatomy, primate behavior, paleoanthropology, and modern human biological variation.

This laboratory manual is a comprehensive treatise on methods of biological anthropology, except PCR and Electrophoretic techniques. No other practical guide book in physical/biological anthropology has such a wide coverage and thorough treatment. The section on Osteology is so thoroughly treated that it can claim a complete book itself. Sections on Comparative Anatomy and Palaeoanthropology are special additions, nor found in any other similar book. Another special feature of this manual its exquisite scientific illustrations numbering as may as 131. “Model Laboratory Work Sheets†is the other additional feature. Apart from lucid descriptions of different method of biological anthropology, each topic is provided with its theoretical basis. This makes the book an essential guide for the under/post graduate students of anthropology.