physical anthropology

Text and photographs look at the human body, focusing on the digestive, circulatory, respiratory system and other topics.

Beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the many ways people look different from one another.

Simple text and color photographs show the many ways people look different from one another.

Photographs celebrate the similarities and differences between faces of various multicultural types.

Describes the discoveries, clashes, and conflicting interpretations of the evidence surrounding the evolution of modern humans.

Presents fourteen essays that critique evolutionary psychology, which the editors describe as the modern trend of applying Darwin's theory of evolution to almost any human trait or behavior, often without scientific validity.

Dramatizes the experiences of early humans living in the Upper Paleolithic Age, the Mesolithic Age, and the Neolithic Age, and explores the events that contributed to the rise of new civilizations around the world.

Examines the origins of humans in the genus Homo, introducing the ancient species that pre-date modern humans, and exploring questions about why humans became the dominant species, and how they were able to adapt and survive in an often hostile environment.

Speculates on the lives of some of modern man's earliest ancestors, drawing from scientific discoveries to look at the tools used by prehistoric people, how they formed societies, and how they adapted and evolved.