UnderstandingHumans:AnIntroductiontoPhysicalAnthropologyandArchaeology

UNDERSTANDINGHUMANS：INTRODUCTIONTOPHYSICALANTHROPOLOGYANDARCHAEOLOGYshowsstudentshowanthropologistsandarchaeologistsgoabouttheirworkastheystudyhumanevolution，livingnonhumanprimates，humanadaptationandvariation，theoriginanddispersalofmodernhumans，foodproduction，thefirstcivilizationsoftheOldandNewWorlds，andsomuchmore.Usingabioculturalapproach，thetextbalancesthepresentationofphysicalanthropologywitharchaeologyandconcludeswithanewchapterthattiestogetherthematerialonhumanbiologicalandculturaladaptationbyfocusingonlessonslearnedfromourspeciesevolutionsuchastheimpactofhumansontheenvironment.Studentswillalsobenefitfromthenewchapteropeninglearningobjectives，"AtaGlance"sectionsthatsummarizekeyconcepts，andend-of-chapter"CriticalThinkingQuestions"thathelpstudentsbetterunderstandthematerialandstudymoreeffectivelyforexams.