Human Biology

I cant recommend this book highly enough Dan Savage, author of Savage Love Our bums are a mystery to many of us. Despite the growing interest in th...

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways in which obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy and how t...

Human beings depend more on technology than any other animal--the use of tools and weapons is vital to the survival of our species. What processes ...

A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology cur...

'Pontzer's findings have huge implications for our attitudes to exercise, diet and public health' Mark Webster, Sunday Times A myth-busting tour of...

Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguis...

INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY brings the study of physical anthropology to life! With a focus on the big picture of human evolution, the 15...

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...

The measurement of metabolic rates is central to important questions in many areas of physiological research. Unfortunately these measurements are ...

Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications examines human success from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with contributions...

As scholars debate the most appropriate way to teach evolutionary theory, Constance Areson Clark provides an intriguing reflection on similar debat...

This eighth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5-volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development. This volume presents serial sect...

This book is an intellectual tour de force: a comprehensive Darwinian interpretation of human development. Looking at the entire range of human evo...

When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a c...

Since the 1970s, understanding of the effects of trauma, including flashbacks and withdrawal, has become widespread in the United States. As a resu...

The World Health Organization is currently promoting a policy of replacing traditional or lay midwives in countries around the world. As part of an...

* A TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR *From the prize-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, the astonishing story of how culture enab...