Product Description: Social scientists, when making their studies of the structure of family groups, have often observed the current situation of a particular group of families and drawn conclusions from that static picture. Valuable as many of these conclusions may be, they are incomplete because they overlook the important fact that the structure of the family changes...read more

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Product Description: Mathematical methods have been applied successfully to population genet­ ics for a long time. Even the quite elementary ideas used initially proved amazingly effective. For example, the famous Hardy-Weinberg Law (1908) is basic to many calculations in population genetics...read more

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Presents background information on Scotland's history and culture, outlines itineraries in each region of the country, and includes tips on shopping, dining out, nightlife, and special events

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Offering a controversial new theory of the evolution of human intelligence, the author of Descent of the Child argues that the infant holds the key to evolution and considers evolution from the point of view of infant development.

Product Description: The field study inprints an analyses certain aspects of socio-cultural life of Kukis, their issues of identity in comparison with other tribal clans, militancy and its root with ample mastery and exhaustively from an inter-disciplinary position, with reference to language, geography, colonial history propinquity and the like...read more

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The award-winning teachers and authors continue to share their love of discovery with students in this balanced, objective introduction to physical anthropology that does not assume that students have any previous knowledge of the subject. Carefully streamlined, making it more accessible and affordable, this eighth edition provides students with a pedagogical program designed to facilitate comprehension. Every concept is carefully explained and illustrated, guiding students step-by-step through difficult material. As always, Stein and Rowe use the most current data to unravel the mystery of the evolution of humankind, and to examine the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment.

This concise introduction to biological (physical) anthropology discusses the core areas of the discipline within a unique framework modeled on the scientific method. Each chapter poses questions that get at the heart of the field, answers them, and then reexamines them in the same way that scientists generate and test hypotheses.