Edited by Undine Sellbach, Ron Broglio and Lynn Turner
This volume critically investigates current topics and disciplines that are affected, enriched or put into dispute by the burgeoning scholarship on animal studies. What new questions and…
Singing and Wellbeing provides evidence that the benefits of a melodious voice go far beyond pleasure, and confirms the importance of singing in optimum health. A largely untapped…
"How Humans Evolved" teaches the processes that shape human evolution with a unique blend of evolutionary theory, population genetics and behavioral ecology. The new edition continues to…
In his New York Times bestseller, "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind," renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson told the incredible story of his discovery of a partial female fossil…
In his New York Times bestseller, "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind," renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson tells the incredible story of his discovery of a partial female…
Photography by David Brill
In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy," the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any…
The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6–3.0 million-year-old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge…
Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to…
In one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential, but until now relatively inaccessible, articles are presented that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path…
Edited by Kaye E. Reed, John G. Fleagle and Charles Janson
Although the behavior and ecology of primates have been more thoroughly studied than that of any other group of mammals, there have been very few attempts to compare the communities of…