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Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Media Edition (with Basic Genetics for Anthropology CD-ROM and InfoTrac ) (Media Edition)

This mainstream, full-color physical anthropology text is the best-selling text in the market! While it continues to present a comprehensive, well-balanced introduction to the field of physical anthropology, this is a major revision and the book has shifted emphases in critical areas of biology, including molecular biology and genetics, to reflect the field as it stands today.

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Now, as a Media Edition, INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY automatically comes with the new BASIC GENETICS CD which responds to growing interest in genetic variation driven by advances in molecular biology enhance..

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Authors: Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Date: Apr. 21, 2005

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