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Title Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in physical anthropology / selected, edited, and with introduction by Mary Courtis.

Imprint Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  599.9 T139 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 289 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part 1. Evolution and genetics: Is evolution a gradual process?; Does human cloning and genetic engineering pose evolutionary dangers?; Is culture responsible for the spread of ethnically related disease?; Should the concept of "intelligent design" replace Darwin's theory of evolution? -- Part 2. Primate evolution and the evolution of early hominids: Is male aggression and competition key to reproductive success?; Are primate females selected to be monogamous?; Do chimpanzees hunt competitively?; Does homosexuality or bisexuality have any evolutionary advantage for primates?; Are male and female relationships based primarily on reproductive sex?; Did bipedalism develop as a response to heat stress?; Is Australopithecus Africanus on the direct line to modern humans? -- Part 3. The Evolution of later humans: Is hominid brain expansion linked to the invention of stone tools?; Is hunting more critical than gathering to cultural development?; Does biology limit a woman's ability to hunt?; Is cannibalism a prominent feature of prehistoric societies?; Does cave art depict shamanism?; Is "race" an outdated concept?
Subject Physical anthropology.
Added Author Courtis, Mary M.
Added Title Clashing views on controversial issues in physical anthropology
Issues in physical anthropology
ISBN 0073136670

 
    
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