Issue 5

Anthropology Gets Physical (& Biological)

August 2011

Poster child for the synergy between culture and biology: the opposable thumb.  Photo: Ryan Anderson, 2011.

~ Contents ~

Introduction: The anthropological clash
Ryan Anderson

Biocultural Bodies and the Anatomy of Controversy
Kristina Killgrove

Biological anthropology: providing the historical context for all your anthropological questions
Kristi Lewton

The Role of a Biological Perspective
Britteny Howell

Blurring the Lines: Ethnoprimatology in Anthropology
Amanda L. Ellwanger

Primatology as Anthropology
Nicholas Ellwanger

Bones of Study: The Bioarchaeology Perspective
Erin Blankenship-Sefczek

Selected References for Further Reading in Biological Anthropology
Britteny Howell