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Physical & Biological Anthropology

1. Essentials of Physical Anthropology: Discovering Our Origins

   Clark Spencer Larsen

   The #1 text in physical anthropology, now in a brief edition.More

2. How the Mind Works

   Steven Pinker

   “A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear.” —New York Review of BooksMore

3. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis

   Glenn C. Conroy

   Second Edition

   This dynamic introduction to paleoanthropology presents the fossil evidence for human evolution and demonstrates how anthropologists interpret this evidence in light of the most current research.
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4. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

   Mary Roach

   "One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."—Entertainment WeeklyMore

5. The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging

   Bruce A. Carnes, S. Jay Olshansky

   "This is by far the best book I've read on the science of aging."—Andrew Weil, M.D.More

6. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth

   Stephen Jay Gould

   Second Edition

   A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More

7. Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology

   Harold Klawans

   A master neurologist's clinical tales—both funny and profound—of the evolution of the brain.More

8. Darwin

   Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman

   Third Edition

   "The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More

9. Rosalind Franklin and DNA

   Anne Sayre

   Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
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10. The Mummies of Ürümchi

    Elizabeth Wayland Barber

    In the museums of Ürümchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known as Chinese Turkestan), a collection of ancient mummies lies at the center of an enormous mystery.More

11. Primate Diversity

    Dean Falk

    Primate Diversity successfully synthesizes a thorough look at current primatology research while providing a careful examination of a variety of species.More

12. Clones and Clones: Facts and Fantasies About Human Cloning

    Martha C. Nussbaum, Cass R. Sunstein

    "These two dozen essays by experts ranging from Stephen Jay Gould to Andrea Dworkin are an excellent guide to the post-Dolly world." --Chicago Tribune, Choice Selections of 1998More

13. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More

14. Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are

    Barbara Katz Rothman

    The new genetics and race, illness, and procreation.More

15. The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

    Terrence W. Deacon

    "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewMore