Biological anthropology

About: Biological anthropology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1126 publications have been published within this topic receiving 12757 citations. The topic is also known as: biological anthropology & somatology.

We and others. Physical anthropology of Finno-Ugric peoples

Abstract: At the end of 2014, the book Physical Anthropology of Finno-Ugric Peoples was published. It is based on the plentiful and unique but unfi nished life’s work of the outstanding Estonian anthropolog ist Karin Mark (1922–1999). Th e originally unfi nished work was thoroughly complemented on the basis of manuscripts and brought to an end by Leiu Heapost [10]. On this occasion, we should give a short overview of the process of creation of this book and touch on anthropological research in Estonia generally and on some aspects of collecting the materials. In our present-day age of speed and scientifi c progress, the human being as the main value of the nation seems to be somewhat neglected. Th e humans themselves, the features of their appearance, their genes, chromosomes and hereditary characteristics refl ect the formation history of the whole nation. Th e study of human beings is the subject of physical or biological anthropology, which was earlier called simply anthropology. Physical anthropology, as we know, studies the variability of humans’ biological features in time and space. Research of humans’ hereditary characteristics is only a small part of anthropology. Th ere are several methods for studying them. Primarily, Estonians have studied Estonians and the ethnic minorities in Estonia as well as our kindred peoples somatologically, i.e. by measuring and describing their external features. Measuring and describing people of both the present and the past helps us fi nd the external features characterising a person and the whole nation, and explain the course of their historical formation. Th us, measuring of people contributes to understanding of our place in history and the world.

Biological Anthropology and Prehistory: Exploring Our Human Ancestry

Abstract: PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY Chapter 1: Introduction to the Discipline of Anthropology PART II: BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION TO HUMANS Chapter 2: Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology Chapter 3: Principles of Biological Evolution Chapter 4: Macroevolution to Primates Chapter 5: Primates: Introduction, In Evolution, Potential Hominids Chapter 6: African Hominids: Australopithecines and Homo habilis Chapter 7: Later Hominids: Homo erectus and Homo sapiens PART III: PREHISTORY: OLD WORLD AND NEW WORLD Chapter 8: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Cultures Chapter 9: Early Cultures in the Old World Chapter 10: Later Hunter-Gatherers in the Old World Chapter 11: Old World Nation States Chapter 12: Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the New World Chapter 13: New World Nation States PART IV: CONTEMPORARY PRIMATES AND HUMANS Chapter 14: Contemporary Primates Chapter 15: Contemporary Humans PART V: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 16: Conclusions

Anthropology at the University of Michigan in the Late 1950s

Abstract: By 1958, the Anthropology Department at the University of Michigan had emerged as a major center in the discipline. Its excellence derived from a strong faculty, commitment to an integrated view of the field, and broader support from a rising national tide of scholarship. While many new intellectual currents developed, among the strongest was biological-behavioral theory--somewhat ironically flourishing in a biological anthropology program that viewed itself as a nexus of population genetics. The biological anthropology faculty thought like anthropologists. From this environment, Frank Livingstone not only drew intellectual support, but also became a key player in demonstrating the importance of historical and cultural factors to shaping biological patterns. A biocultural perspective is evident in Michigan research to this day.