Human Biology

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how...

More than meets the eye the science of how we see and the secrets it reveals about how the brain works. Spotting a familiar face in a crowd is so...

This is the first textbook of Virtual Anthropology, the new science that combines elements from fields as diverse as anthropology, medicine, statis...

Insightful and breathtaking. Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensBold and sweeping. Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsProfoundly thought-pro...

Discover the intricacies of the human body by naming each part and colouring it. Filled with black-and-white line artwork, this anatomy colouring b...

*A New Statesman and Daily Mail BOOK OF THE YEAR**Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction*'The best book I've ever read about motherh...

The first book to examine the iconic depiction of evolution, the march of progress, and its role in shaping our understanding of how humans evolved...

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural eraOver the course of five mill...

A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies It has long seemed self-evi...

At Ansha's takes the reader inside the spirit mosque of a female healer in Nampula, northern Mozambique. It is here that Ansha, a Makonde spirit he...

An eye-opening investigation - combining reporting, history and cutting-edge science - into allergies and their rise in recent decadesHay fever. Pe...

Neuromechanics of Human Movement, Sixth Edition, integrates knowledge from the fields of neurophysiology and biomechanics into a unified framework ...

Through rich ethnographic narrative, Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become docto...

Through rich ethnographic narrative, Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become docto...

In this acclaimed bestseller, an explorer and Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery'With the style of a poet and imaginati...

This book will take you on a journey through our physical universe, based on current, established science. The journey starts with the simplest fun...

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how...

Many people today deny the idea of Human Change (especially when the word 'evolution' is used). Many others, accepting that we have changed in the ...