Download or read book Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology written by John Relethford and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1997 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief introduction to contemporary biological (physical) anthropology, this text presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: evolutionary theory and genetics; the biology, behavior, and evolution of the living primates; human evolution; and human variation. This is a shortened version of The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Third Edition.