Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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Page 41
... fossil record for the first time . Fossils that show the divergence of Old World monkeys and apes from a common ancestor have not yet been identified . Fossils found in Oligocene strata at Fayum , Egypt , and previously identified as ...
... fossil record for the first time . Fossils that show the divergence of Old World monkeys and apes from a common ancestor have not yet been identified . Fossils found in Oligocene strata at Fayum , Egypt , and previously identified as ...
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... fossils that are mil- lions of years old . Hence , the position of the known Miocene fossil apes on the family tree of the modern Hominoidea cannot yet be ascertained biochemically . Which of the available fossil apes , if any , were ...
... fossils that are mil- lions of years old . Hence , the position of the known Miocene fossil apes on the family tree of the modern Hominoidea cannot yet be ascertained biochemically . Which of the available fossil apes , if any , were ...
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... fossils in Europe that seem to be intermediate between erectus and sapiens , dating to between 0.5 and 0.2 mya ... fossil from China for the interval between erectus and modern sapiens . It has a cranial volume of 1120 cc ; a long ...
... fossils in Europe that seem to be intermediate between erectus and sapiens , dating to between 0.5 and 0.2 mya ... fossil from China for the interval between erectus and modern sapiens . It has a cranial volume of 1120 cc ; a long ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
Copyright | |
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