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1	The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Offering a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics, a momentous scientific discovery reveals how all humans are descended from seven prehistoric women. see all copies from $2.83! new only from $7.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology more books like this by Robert V Guthrie add to wishlist This book is an updated version of the classic, Even The Rat Was White. This new edition continues the thrust of the first edition in presenting, documenting, and analyzing vignettes about human beings from a minority perspective. Even The Rat Was White views history from all perspectives in the quest for historical accuracy. Histories and other ... see all copies from $10.49! new only from $46.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Ishi's Brain: In Search of America's Last "Wild" Indian more books like this by Orin Starn add to wishlist A chronicle of the search for the truth about the life and death of a legendary Native American. This absorbing new portrait of Ishi, wild man of Deer Creek, museum curiosity, and last of his tribe, will appeal to anyone interested in Native America, a story of science and scandal, and the life and legend of California's most famous Indian. see all copies from $5.97! new only from $14.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains : proceedings of a seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History, organized by Jonathan Haas more books like this by Jonathan Haas, Jane E. Buikstra, Douglas H. Ubelaker, David Aftandilian, Field Museum of Natural History add to wishlist see all copies from $42.31! new only from $46.95!
5	Seven Daughters of Eve more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist In 1994, Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in Northern Italy. The frozen man was put at over five thousand years old, and Professor Sykes managed to track down a genetic descendant of the Ice Man, a woman living in Britain today. In ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.19! \| first editions
6	Beyond Death: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile more books like this by Bernardo T Arriaza, John W Verano (Foreword by) add to wishlist Thousands of years before ancient Egyptians mummified their dead elite, the South American Chinchorros performed elaborate mummification rituals for deceased members of every level and age of their society. In Beyond Death, Arriaza offers new interpretations of Chinchorro mortuary practices, and reconstructs this culture's daily life of 8,000 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
7	Human Skeletal Remains: Excavation, Analysis, Interpretation more books like this by Douglas H Ubelaker add to wishlist Many anthropologists and even some archeologists have asked, "Why excavate skeletons? What information can we gain to merit the disturbance of human interments?" Human Skeletal Remains answers such questions. Douglas H. Ubelaker demonstrates the range of data and interpretations potentially obtainable from human skeletal remains and shows how this ... see all copies from $10.89!
8	They Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn more books like this by Douglas D Scott, P Willey, Melissa A Connor add to wishlist More than a hundred years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, its secrets continue to unfold. In this book, Douglas D. Scott, P. Willey, and Melissa A. Connor blend historic sources, archeological evidence, and physical data to present new revelations about the men who rode and died with Custer. Although dead men tell no tales, their skeletons ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $17.96! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Digging Up Bones: The Excavation, Treatment and Study of Human Skeletal Remains more books like this by Don R Brothwell add to wishlist see all copies from $3.43! new only from $27.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Physical Anthropology of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea, more books like this by Robert Littlewood add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	Prehistoric Cannibalism at Mancos 5mtumr-2346 more books like this by Tim D. White add to wishlist Cannibalism is one of the oldest and most emotionally charged topics in anthropological literature. This analysis of human bones from an Anasazi pueblo in southwestern Colorado, site 5MTUMR-2346, reveals that nearly 30 men, women and children were butchered and cooked there around 1100 AD. Their bones were fractured for marrow, and the remains ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $64.00! \| first editions
12	Applied Body Composition Assessment - 2nd more books like this by Vivian H Heyward, Dale R Wagner add to wishlist Bringing both practitioners and students up to date on the latest body composition methods and equations for healthy and clinical populations, this volume is a comprehensive textbook on body composition assessment. see all copies from $40.40! new only from $55.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	What Mean These Bones?: Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology more books like this by Mary Lucas Powell (Editor), Patricia S Bridges (Editor), Ann M Mires (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $17.47! new only from $30.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Shakespeare and the Mismeasure of Renaissance Man more books like this by Paula Blank add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.08! \| first editions
15 view cover	Biocultural Histories in La Florida: A Bioarchaeological Perspective more books like this by Christopher Stojanowski add to wishlist This book examines the effects of the Spanish mission system on population structure and genetic variability in indigenous communities living in northern Florida and southern Georgia during the 16th and 17th centuries. Data on tooth size were collected from 26 archaeological samples representing three time periods: Late Precontact (1200-1500), ... see all copies from $3.81! new only from $5.98!
16 view cover	Last Rites for the Tipu Maya: Genetic Structuring in a Colonial Cemetary more books like this by Keith P Jacobi add to wishlist Two cultures collided in Tipu, Belize in the 1600s: that of the native Maya and of the Spanish missionaries. Combining historical documentation with archaeological finds, the author provides an account of the meshing of these cultures and the Tipu's assimilation of Catholic practices. see all copies from $2.73! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
17 view cover	Disease and Demography in the Americas more books like this by John W Verano (Editor), Douglas H Ubelaker (Editor) add to wishlist This landmark book brings together diverse viewpoints of leading international anthropologists and demographers on the patterns of populations and disease in the Americas both before and after 1492. Recent demographic literature has depicted America before European contact as a disease-free paradise, but the literature in physical anthropology and ... see all copies from $10.20! new only from $120.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	People of the Great Ocean: Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific more books like this by Philip Houghton add to wishlist Human settlement of the western fringes of the Pacific began at least 40,000 years ago. Long, hazardous sea voyages were the only way of reaching the tiny islands scattered through this vast expanse of ocean. Food and shelter were hard to come by, even on land. This book, first published in 1996, documents how these settlers adapted culturally and ... see all copies from $33.97! new only from $33.97! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Human Body Composition more books like this by Steven B Heymsfield (Editor), Timothy G Lohman (Editor), Alex F Roche (Editor) add to wishlist The new edition of "Human Body Composition" is the most complete text in the burgeoning field of body composition research. The book covers the full range of methods to assess body composition, including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, electrical impedance, and imaging techniques. Maintaining the focus of the first edition as a definitive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
20 view cover	Body Composition Techniques in Health and Disease more books like this by P S W Davies (Editor), Tim J Cole (Editor) add to wishlist Body composition studies are used in a wide variety of fields including human biology, medicine, sports science, epidemiology and nutrition. They may be used to predict later body composition from childhood measures, bone density loss in athletes under heavy training regimes or in the elderly, to assess obesity in children and adults, and to ... see all copies from $41.00! new only from $46.30! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Worldwide Variation in Human Growth more books like this by Phyllis B Eveleth, James M Tanner add to wishlist The health of a population is most accurately reflected in the rate of growth of its children. It is this theme which underlies the analysis and presentation of what is by far the largest compilation of growth data ever assembled. The first edition, published in 1976, included all known reliable recent results on height, weight, skinfolds and ... see all copies from $22.88! new only from $46.93! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Handbook of Human Factors Testing and Evaluation more books like this by Samuel G Charlton (Editor), Thomas G O'Brien (Editor), Anita M Rothblum (Contributions by) add to wishlist This handbook is designed to respond to the growing need for specific tools and methods for testing and evaluating human-system interfaces. One of the goals of this second edition is to expand and emphasize the application chapters, providing examples of human factors test and evaluation (HFTE) enterprises across a range of systems and ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $68.01! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development more books like this by Stanley J Ulijaszek (Editor), Francis E Johnston (Editor), J Stanley Ulijaszek (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development is a comprehensive but accessible account of the current understanding of the factors affecting human growth and development. Over 120 internationally renowned experts have contributed to the book, covering topics such as fetal and post-natal growth, the relative impact of genetic and ... see all copies from $136.71! new only from $152.32!
24 view cover	Growth, Maturation, and Body Composition: The Fels Longitudinal Study 1929-1991 more books like this by Alex F Roche add to wishlist Growth, Maturation and Body Composition documents one of the most remarkable and significant studies in the field of human biology. The Fels Longitudinal Study is the longest, largest and most productive serial study of human growth, maturation and body composition. This book shows how data collected from more than 1000 participants during the ... see all copies from $13.35! new only from $48.89! \| SVS
25 view cover	Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge more books like this by Jerry Gershenhorn add to wishlist "Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge" is the first full-scale biography of the trailblazing anthropologist of African and African American cultures. Born into a world of racial hierarchy, Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) employed physical anthropology and ethnography to undermine racist and hierarchical ways of thinking ... see all copies from $8.32! new only from $19.80! \| first editions \| SVS

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