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ANT-103: Physical/Biological Anthropology

ANT-103: Physical/Biological Anthropology

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- Lake Tahoe Community College
- Front Matter

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The first comprehensive, peer-reviewed open access textbook for biological anthropology courses

Front Matter
Chapter 1: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Image: Neanderthal Skulls. (April 10, 2005). By leted under CC BY-NC 2.0 via flickr
Chapter 2: Evolution
Image: Derived from What Evolution Looks Like by T. Michael Keesey under CC-BY via flicker.
Chapter 3: Molecular Biology and Genetics
Image: Untitled under CC-0 Public Domain via PxHere.
Chapter 4: Forces of Evolution
Phylogenic Tree of Life by Ivica Letunic: Iletunic. Retraced by Mariana Ruiz Villarreal: LadyofHats under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 5: Meet the Living Primates
Image: Stump-tailed macaques. “Macaca arctoides” by Frans de Waal is licensed under CC BY 2.5.
Chapter 6: Primate Ecology and Behavior
"Whatcha got there?" by Matthew Hoelscher originally posted to Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 7: Understanding the Fossil Context
Image: Homo Naledi Foot 1 in (A) dorsal view; (B) medial view; (C) proximal articular surfaces of the metatarsals of Foot 1. (2015). By Lee Roger Berger research team under CC BY 4.0.
Chapter 8: Primate Evolution
Image: Fossil of Plesiadapis by Ghedoghedo under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Chapter 9: Early Hominins
Image: New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa by John Hawks et al under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 10: Early Members of the Genus Homo
Image: Head model of Home erectus adult female by Tim Evanson under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 11: Archaic Homo
Image: Model of Homo neanderthalensis man in The Natural History Museum, Vienna by Jakub Hałun under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 12: Modern Homo sapiens
Image: Skhul V by Wapondaponda under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 13: Race and Human Variation
Image: Human Genetic Variation by P.eldar under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 14: Human Variation and An Adaptive Significance Approach
Image: Asiatiska Folk by G. Mützel under Public Domain.
Chapter 15: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
Image: Skulls on a Beach by Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 16: Contemporary Topics - Human Biology and Health
Image: A girl having her heart listend to during a physical examination by Alith3204 under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 17: Appendix A- Osteology
Image: Classification of Bones by Shape by BruceBlaus under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 18: Appendix B- Primate Conservation
Image: Philippine Bohol Tarsier by mtoz under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 19: Appendix C- Human Behavioral Ecology
Back Matter

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