Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth ... - 9780739135129

Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth CenturyAuthor(s): Michael A. Little, Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, C Loring Brace, Kaye Brown, Matt Cartmill, Eugene Giles, Bernice Kaplan, Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Clark Spencer Larsen, Jonathan Marks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9780739135129, 978-0739135129\nSynopsis\nHistories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropologyor, as it is now known, biological anthropologyfrom its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors trace the development of people, ideas, traditions, and organizations that contributed to the advancement of this branch of anthropology that focuses today on human variation and human evolution.\n\nDesigned for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional biological .