First published in 1988, this book examines the causes and consequences of different mating patte...

Many physical anthropologists study populations using data that come primarily from the historica...

The unique contribution made by biological anthropology to human welfare lies in the fundamental ...

As our closest evolutionary relatives, nonhuman primates are integral elements in our mythologies...

Migration and colonization are major forces affecting the frequency, spatial pattern and spread o...

Studies of dental and skeletal growth and development have often been treated as independent disc...

The recent revolution in molecular genetics, which has already made such a significant impact in ...

It is widely believed that reproductive cycles are very similar between human females. However, t...

Plasticity refers to the ability of many organisms to change their biology or behaviour to respon...

Primate dentitions vary widely both between genera and between species within a genus. This book ...

This book is about doing research, not about the results obtained. Those engaged on their first r...

This volume provides a thought-provoking perspective on the empirical and analytic study of body ...