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A history of American physical anthropology 1930-1980 / edited by Frank Spencer.

Contributor(s): Spencer, Frank | American Association of Physical Anthropologists | American Association of Physical Anthropologists (Annual Conference) (50th : 1981 : Detroit)
Language: English Publisher: New York London : Academic Press, c1982.Description: xvi,495p. : ill., 1map,ports. ; 24cm.ISBN: 0126566607
Contents:
The roots of the race concept in American physical anthropology / C. Loring Brace; The effects of funding patterns on the development of physical anthropology / Thelma S. Baker and Phyllis B. Eveleth; A short history of primate field studies : old world monkeys and apes / Rosalind Ribnick; Primate neuroanatomy : an evolutionary perspective / Dean Falk; Molecular anthropology : its development and current directions / Morris Goodman and J. E. Cronin; Basic primatology and prosimian evolution / Matt Cartmill; Fifty years of higher primate phylogeny / John G. Fleagle and William L. Jungers; Reflections on human paleontology / Ernst Mayr; American research on australopithecines and early homo,1925-1980 / Noel T. Boaz; A history of homo erectus and homo sapiens : paleontology in America / Erik Trinkaus; Inquiries into the peopling of the new world : development of ideas and recent advances / Albert B. Harper and William S. Laughlin; The theoretical foundations and development of skeletal biology / George J. Armelagos, David S. Carlson, and Dennis P. Van Gerven; Five decades of skeletal biology as reflected in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology / C. Owen Lovejoy, Robert P. Mensforth, and George J. Armelagos; The development of American paleopathology / Douglas H. Ubelaker; Forensic anthropology / David D. Thompson;Genes, populations, and disease,1930-1980 : a problem-oriented review / Kenneth M. Weiss and R. Chakraborty; The development of ideas about human ecology and adaptation / Michael A. Little; The development of research strategies for studies of biological variation in living human populations / Jere D. Haas; An historical perspective on studies of human growth and development in extreme environments / Cynthia M. Beall; The last fifty years of human population biology in North America : an outsider's view / G. Ainsworth Harrison.
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Conference papers. - Papers associated with a symposium at the fiftieth annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The roots of the race concept in American physical anthropology / C. Loring Brace; The effects of funding patterns on the development of physical anthropology / Thelma S. Baker and Phyllis B. Eveleth; A short history of primate field studies : old world monkeys and apes / Rosalind Ribnick; Primate neuroanatomy : an evolutionary perspective / Dean Falk; Molecular anthropology : its development and current directions / Morris Goodman and J. E. Cronin; Basic primatology and prosimian evolution / Matt Cartmill; Fifty years of higher primate phylogeny / John G. Fleagle and William L. Jungers; Reflections on human paleontology / Ernst Mayr; American research on australopithecines and early homo,1925-1980 / Noel T. Boaz; A history of homo erectus and homo sapiens : paleontology in America / Erik Trinkaus; Inquiries into the peopling of the new world : development of ideas and recent advances / Albert B. Harper and William S. Laughlin; The theoretical foundations and development of skeletal biology / George J. Armelagos, David S. Carlson, and Dennis P. Van Gerven; Five decades of skeletal biology as reflected in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology / C. Owen Lovejoy, Robert P. Mensforth, and George J. Armelagos; The development of American paleopathology / Douglas H. Ubelaker; Forensic anthropology / David D. Thompson;Genes, populations, and disease,1930-1980 : a problem-oriented review / Kenneth M. Weiss and R. Chakraborty; The development of ideas about human ecology and adaptation / Michael A. Little; The development of research strategies for studies of biological variation in living human populations / Jere D. Haas; An historical perspective on studies of human growth and development in extreme environments / Cynthia M. Beall; The last fifty years of human population biology in North America : an outsider's view / G. Ainsworth Harrison.

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