Section I. Evolution and Biological Anthropology

Chapter 1: Development of Evolutionary Theory and Biological Anthropology

Chapter 2: Cellular Basis of Variability and Evolution

Chapter 3: Genetics and the Process of Microevolution

Section II. Macroevolution and Primate’s Roots

Chapter 4: Mammalian Antecedents

Chapter 5: Living Primates

Chapter 6: Primate Behavioral Ecology

Chapter 7: Fossil Evidence for the Emergence of Primates

Chapter 8: Evolution of the Digestive System of Omnivores

Section III. Hominid Evolution

Chapter 9: The Hominoid- Hominid and Early Hominid Phase of Evolution

Chapter 10: Evolution of the Genus Homo

Chapter 11: Evolution of Homo sapiens

Chapter 12: The Peopling of the New World and the Origins of the Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens

Chapter 13: Diet and Brain Evolution

Chapter 14: Bipedalism and the Evolution of Extended Childhood

Section IV. Human Adaptation and Biological Diversity

Chapter 15: General Principles for the Study of Human Adaptation

Chapter 16: The Human Life Cycle

Chapter 17: Nutrition and the Human Life Cycle

Chapter 18: Biocultural Adaptation to Hot and Cold Climates

Chapter 19: Climate and Evolution of Variability in Body Size, Body Proportions, and Hairlessness

Chapter 20: Human Adaptation to High-Altitude Environments

Chapter 21: Biocultural Origins of Lactose Intolerance and the Evolution of Skin Color

Chapter 22: Adapting to a Changing World

Chapter 23: Globalization of Obesity