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Contains about 13,000 terms selected from glossaries and indices of major textbooks and classic works in human biology and evolution. The appendices include tables and taxonomies of extinct, recent and extant primates; a geological time scale, diagrams of anatomical landmarks, and an event timeline of human biology and evolution.

The entries in this useful dictionary describe the development of physical anthropological concepts followed by bibliographies including most of the major works in the field. The history of each concept is traced from its origins to the contemporary usage in physical anthropology.

This excellent reference source contains biographies on the major contributors to physical anthropology and essays on a variety of topics in the field. The entries include primary and secondary sources, along with the location of important archival material. The name and subject indexes are an especially useful feature of this two volume set.

Considered to be a standard in the field, this encyclopedia has over 800 A-Z entries covering the latest fossil finds and theories. It provides the most complete context possible for understanding the origins of humankind.

A key reference source covering most of the conditions that will produce visible lesions on skeletal or mummified remains. There are detailed lesion descriptions and over 300 photographs along with a discussion of the history, etiology and epidemiology of each pathological condition. A must for budding paleopathologists!