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The best introduction to what’s fascinating and relevant about anthropology today
Our Origins does more than any other text to educate students about the value of anthropological study and the ways they can apply it in their everyday lives.
Norton, more than any other publisher, promotes student engagement with anthropology. Norton continues to innovate with our unique “Anthropology at Work” and “Anthropology Matters” videos and text features that ensure students connect with the course material and understand the underlying science and why it matters.
This pedagogy complements Larsen’s emphasis on introducing students to the most exciting and important discoveries and research happening in the field today.
About the Author
Clark Spencer Larsen is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. A native of Nebraska, he received his B.A. from Kansas State University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Clark’s research is in bioarchaeology, skeletal biology, and paleoanthropology. He has worked in North America, Europe, and Asia.
He has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Northern Illinois University, Purdue University, and the University of North Carolina. Since 2001, he has been a member of the faculty at the Ohio State, where he was department chair from 2001–2017.
He teaches introductory physical anthropology, osteology, bioarchaeology, and paleoanthropology. Clark has served as president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to Our Origins, he has authored or edited 25 books and monographs, including Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton, Skeletons in Our Closet, Advances in Dental Anthropology, and A Companion to Biological Anthropology.
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1 What Is Biological Anthropology?
PART I The Present: Foundation for the Past
CHAPTER 2 Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory
CHAPTER 3 Genetics and Genomics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation
CHAPTER 4 Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics
CHAPTER 5 Biology in the Present: Living People
CHAPTER 6 Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates
CHAPTER 7 Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture
PART II The Past: Evidence for the Present
CHAPTER 8 Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature
CHAPTER 9 Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years
CHAPTER 10 Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity
CHAPTER 11 The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo
CHAPTER 12 The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People
CHAPTER 13 Our Past 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, Biology
PART III The Future: The Shape of Things to Come
CHAPTER 14 Evolution: Today and Tomorrow
About The Book:
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; Fifth edition (December 1, 2019)
Language : English
Pages : 509
File : PDF, 12 MB
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