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ISBN: 9780471568377 - From Apes to Angels
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From Apes to Angels

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Essays in Anthropology in Honour of Philip V.Tobias

Geoffrey H. Sperber
Sperber, Geoffrey H. (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

ISBN: 9780471568377
Format: Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd


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A collection of essays covering a range of topics that explore aspects of the basic question underlying anthropological studies: what does it mean to be human? The authors examine this complex topic from cultural, evolutionary and biological perspectives.

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This volume has been designed as a tribute to the career of Professor Tobias and contains a compilation of work from leading authorities in diverse areas of anthropological research. The book presents a collection of essays which explore the basic question underlying all anthropological studies: what does it mean to be human? From cultural, evolutionary and biological perspectives, the authors provide insights into this complex question. Divided into four major sections, the text discusses subjects ranging from sociocultural concerns of past and present societies to the auxology and pathology of the human frame. The section on palaeoanthropology contains previously unpublished material on the fossil site of the first-discovered Australopithecine and the section on human biology presents data on the brain, skull and growth patterns.
 
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