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Introduction to Anthropology, ch. 4–5
Jennifer Hasty, David G. Lewis, Marjorie M. Snipes (OpenStax)
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About this work
These two chapters cover the hominin fossil record and ancient DNA, the evidence examined in the Human Origins pillar.
- Author
- Jennifer Hasty, David G. Lewis, Marjorie M. Snipes (OpenStax)
- Published
- 2022
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- College
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- Openly licensed (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The text is loaded from the publisher's site and quoted with attribution.
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- Pillars
- Human Origins
Contents
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- 4-introduction4 Introduction: Biological Evolution and Early Human Evidence · 4.1 What Is Biological Anthropology?about 1,780 words
- 4-2-whats-in-a-name-the-science-of-taxonomy4.2 What's in a Name? The Science of Taxonomyabout 1,416 words
- 4-3-its-all-in-the-genes-the-foundation-of-evolution4.3 It's All in the Genes! The Foundation of Evolutionabout 2,082 words
- 4-4-evolution-in-action-past-and-present4.4 Evolution in Action: Past and Presentabout 5,777 words
- 4-5-what-is-a-primate4.5 What Is a Primate?about 1,731 words
- 4-6-origin-of-and-classification-of-primates4.6 Origin of and Classification of Primatesabout 2,051 words
- 4-7-our-ancient-past-the-earliest-hominins4.7 Our Ancient Past: The Earliest Homininsabout 3,348 words
- 5-introduction5 Introduction: Our Human Ancestors · 5.1 Defining the Genus Homoabout 2,224 words
- 5-2-tools-and-brains-homo-habilis-homo-ergaster-and-homo-erectus5.2 Tools and Brains: Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, and Homo erectusabout 2,231 words
- 5-3-the-emergence-of-us-the-archaic-homo5.3 The Emergence of Us: The Archaic Homoabout 7,277 words
- 5-4-tracking-genomes-our-human-story-unfolds5.4 Tracking Genomes: Our Human Story Unfoldsabout 2,692 words
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