Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 04/05

By Elvio Angeloni

A compilation of selected writings from current newspapers, magazines and journals, including 'Scientific American', 'Discover', and 'Natural History'. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072861533
• ISBN13: 9780072861532
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 0.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

I used a section of this book in a bioanthropology course and I was blown away by some of the articles. For example, Diamond's article on the origins of Tay-Sachs lays out the historical circumstances that led to the development of the disease (there is a similar article that describes the probable cause for high levels of salt retention in African-Americans). Also, Small's article on menstuation and its role in female health is an important article that makes the reader reconsider some of our own social norms. I should also point out that much of this volume deals with primatology and its correlation to human behavior. Many of these articles are quite informative and, again, force the reader to reconsider notions of "humanity." The only negative is that those with a decent background in anthropology will probably be bored with some of the early articles, which act as a review of evolutionary basics.