Selected Product: | Introduction to Physical Anthropology Paperback Edition: 11 Author: Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, R Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Release Date: 2007-03-14 ISBN-10: 0495187798 ISBN-13: 9780495187790 List Price: $124.95 Average Customer Rating: | | Exploring Physical Anthropology ISBN-10: 0895826917 ISBN-13: 9780895826916 List Price:$44.95 Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 08/09 (Annual Editions : Physical Anthropology) ISBN-10: 0073397520 ISBN-13: 9780073397528 List Price:$26.77 Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 07/08 (Annual Editions : Physical Anthropology) ISBN-10: 0073397261 ISBN-13: 9780073397269 List Price:$25.87 A Photographic Atlas for Physical Anthropology ISBN-10: 0895825724 ISBN-13: 9780895825728 List Price:$48.95 Study Guide for Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 11th Edition ISBN-10: 0495099899 ISBN-13: 9780495099895 List Price:$46.95 |
To use our price comparison to get the cheapest price, please click on the "Find the Cheapest Price" button located above for Introduction to Physical Anthropology by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, R (ISBN-10: 0495187798, ISBN-13: 9780495187790). At this time we have not yet written a review for Introduction to Physical Anthropology by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, R (ISBN-10: 0495187798, ISBN-13: 9780495187790). Please continue to keep checking back to this page as we are constantly adding reviews. Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com Jurmain's best-selling text provides you with the course content you need to help you pass your biological/physical anthropology course. Through clear discussions that move from 'description' to interpretation, compelling visual content, cutting-edge research, and interactive multimedia, you'll discover life's history and the place of human beings in the biological world. A very good introductory text | Customer Rating: | | This text was used in my Intro to Biological Anthropology course and I found it to be very useful and interesting. The sections on evolution and genetics are very similar to the material covered in Campbell/Reece's widely used Biology text. I often found myself skimming through chapters that weren't even assigned for class because the material was so fascinating. Key terms are conveniently located in the margins of the text for easy flash card making and studying. | Good service | Customer Rating: | | Thank you so much for the book. It was in great condition, and was shipped quickly. Hope to do business with you in the future. | Introduction to Physical Anthropology | Customer Rating: | | The book is well written, factual and easy to read/understand. Chapters and concepts are not too overwhelming. | The wonder of human evolution... | Customer Rating: | If this book is required for your anthropology course, then you're in luck! I appreciate that the authors genuinely enjoy the subject matter, and that it comes through in their writing.
The book is very well organized. You can look forward to chapters of reasonable length -- usually 25 to 30 pages, at most. There are lots of colourful pictures and diagrams, though some flowcharts seem like page fillers to me. The margins are used for definitions of new key words and concepts, a very useful feature.
Aside: There's a little bit of "handwaving" in the early chapters introducing concepts of genetics. That's unfortunate, but necessary at the same time. So if you're interested in the details, I encourage you to pick up a genetics textbook (I liked Concepts of Genetics), or better yet, take a genetics course.
There are certainly debates and controversies in the field. This makes sense, since there are so many unknowns. I appreciate that the authors make mention of differing perspectives and points of view when appropriate. |
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