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Index
Cover Page
Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology A Workbook and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Courses
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1 The Scientific Method
objectives
Reading Questions
The Nature of Science
Exercise 1
The Scientific Method
Experimental Design
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
The Research Article
Exercise 6
Science and Religion
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 2 Cell Biology and DNA
objectives
Reading Questions
Cells and Cell Structure
Chromosome Structure
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Cell Division
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Recombination (Crossing Over)
Exercise 5
DNA Structure and Function
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 3 Principles of Inheritance
objectives
Reading Questions
The Basic Principles of Inheritance
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
Exercise 4
Punnett Squares
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, and Sex-Linked Inheritance
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Mendelian Traits in Humans
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Dihybrid Crosses
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Ethics and The Future
Exercise 14
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 4 Human Variation: Blood Groups and Pedigree Analysis
objectives
Reading Questions
Blood Types and Blood Typing
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Determining Parentage
Exercise 4
Pedigree Analysis
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
DNA Fingerprinting
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 5 The Hardy–Weinberg Principle: Genetics of Populations
objectives
Reading Questions
Evolution, Populations, and the Hardy–Weinberg Principle
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Forces of Evolution (Evolutionary Agents)
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 6 Introduction to the Human Skeleton
objectives
Reading Questions
Introduction
The Skeletal System
Exercise 1
Bone Structure
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Directional Terminology
Exercise 4
Body Movements
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 7 The Axial Skeleton
objectives
Reading Questions
Introduction
The Skull
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
The Human Dentition
The Vertebral Column
Exercise 5
The Thorax
The Ribs
Exercise 6
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 8 The Appendicular Skeleton
objectives
Reading Questions
Introduction
The Pectoral Girdle
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
The Upper Limb
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
The Pelvic Girdle
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
The Lower Limb
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 9 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology
objectives
Reading Questions
Human Skeletal Variation
Osteometry: Postcranial Measurements
Exercise 1
Stature Estimation
Exercise 2
Osteometry: Cranial Measurements
Exercise 3
Indices
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Sex Determination
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Population Affinity: Ancestry or Race
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Age at Death Estimation: Juvenile
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Age at Death Estimation: Adult
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Trauma Analysis
Exercise 18
Pathology
Exercise 19
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 10 Primate Classification
objectives
Reading Questions
Introduction
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Primate Taxonomy
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 11 Comparative Primate Anatomy
objectives
Reading Questions
Introduction
Locomotion
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Sexual Dimorphism
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Primate Dentition and Diet
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Social Structure
Exercise 15
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 12 Primate Behavior
objectives
Reading Questions
Primate Sociality
Exercise 1
Primate Communication
Exercise 2
Primate Intelligence
Exercise 3
Observing Living Primates
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Post-Lab Questions
Supplemental Post-Lab Exercise
Primate Observations at the Zoo
Scan Sampling Technique: Focal Animal or Group
Supplemental Post-Lab Exercise
Primate Observations at the Zoo
Supplemental Post-Lab Exercise
Primate Observations at the Zoo
Chapter 13 The Bipedal Adaptation and Our Earliest Ancestors
objectives
Reading Questions
Recognizing the Hominini
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Bipedal Morphology
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
The Earliest Possible Hominins
Sahelanthropus tchadensis: 7 to 6 Million Years Ago
Orrorin tugenensis: About 6 Million Years Ago
Ardipithecus ramidus 4.4 Million Years Ago and Ardipithecus kadabba 5.8 to 5.2 Million Years Ago
The Australopithecines
Exercise 5
Australopithecus anamensis: Approximately 4 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus afarensis: Approximately 4 to 3 Million Years Ago
Exercise 6
Kenyanthropus platyops: 3.5 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus garhi: 2.5 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus africanus: Approximately 3.5 to 2 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus sediba: Approximately 2.0 to 1.8 Million Years Ago
Exercise 7
Robust Australopithecines
Australopithecus (Paranthropus) robustus: Approximately 2 to 1.5 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus (P.) boisei: Approximately 2.3 to 1.2 Million Years Ago
Australopithecus (P.) aethiopicus: Approximately 2.6 Million Years Ago
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 14 The Rise of the Genus Homo
objectives
Reading Questions
The Earliest Members of Our Genus
Homo habilis: Approximately 2.4 to 1.6 Million Years Ago
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Homo erectus: Out of Africa
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Stone Tools
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 15 Later Homo and Modern Human Origins
objectives
Reading Questions
Anatomical Moderns
Archaic Homo Sapiens
Exercise 1
Late Archaic Homo Sapiens: The Neanderthals
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
The Rise of Modern Humans
Stone Tools and Cultural Behavior
Post-Lab Questions
Chapter 16 Modern Human Variation: Biomedical Anthropology, Anthropometry, and Adaptation
objectives
Reading Questions
Anthropometry
Measurements of the Head
Measurements of the Post-Cranium
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Human Adaptation
Exercise 4
The Thermal Environment
Exercise 5
Post-Lab Questions
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index
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