Human Paleobiology

by Robert B. Eckhardt

Book Overview

Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of human populations, both past and present, to a range of changing environments. It integrates evidence from studies of human adaptability, comparative primatology, and molecular genetics to document consistent measures of genetic distance between subspecies, species and other taxonomic groupings. These findings support the interpretation of the biology of humans in terms of a smaller...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123852
• ISBN13: 9780521123853
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"