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Biological anthropology is concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings. Physical anthropology textbooks explores evolutionary theory, including the core concepts of basic genetics and the modern synthesis of evolution. Physical anthropology students examine, critically evaluate and explain scientific claims about the origins of humankind and modern human variation as well as biocultural evolution.

EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology 1e
The first comprehensive, peer-reviewed open access textbook for biological anthropology courses. Produced with support from the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (a section of the American Anthropological Association) and a grant from Minnesota State.
EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology 2e
Explorations is the first comprehensive, peer-reviewed, open access textbook for post-secondary biological anthropology courses, and the public.
The History of Our Tribe - Hominini (Welker)
The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution.
Biological Anthropology (Saneda & Field)
Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.
Physical Anthropology (Schoenberg)
This class is an introduction to physical anthropology, but for many it will be your first anthropology class, or perhaps your first science class in college, so it is worthwhile to back up and introduce both science and anthropology. And before talking about science, we should back up even farther, and talk about epistemology, the study of how we know things.
Biological Anthropology - Laboratory Activities (Taub)
Students will need an assigned text to assist with these activities, identify bone and features, understand the proper use of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, significance of primate taxonomy, and specific information about various early human forms.
Explorations Lab and Activities Manual
The Explorations Biological Anthropology Lab Manual includes 1-4 labs/activities for each of the sixteen chapters and three appendices in Explorations.

Thumbnail: The original complete skull (without upper teeth and mandible) of a 2,1 million years old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called "Mrs. Ples" (catalogue number STS 5, Sterkfontein cave, hominid fossil number 5), discovered in South Africa. Collection of the Transvaal Museum, Northern Flagship Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.(CC BY-SA 3.0; José Braga; Didier Descouens via Wikipedia)