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Dr. John Relethford holds the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, and has received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He received his BA (1975), MA (1978), and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in anthropology from the State University of New York at Albany. His textbook, The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, was first published in 1990, and is currently in the eighth edition. He has also written Genetics and the Search for Modern Human Origins and Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is Revealed in Our Genes, and is coauthor of Human Biological Variation. In addition, he has authored or coauthored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, 18 book chapters, and numerous book reviews and other publications. He has served as both President and Vice-President of both the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the American Association of Anthropological Genetics. He has served on the editorial boards of many journals, and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Preface Introduction: Anthropology and Biological Anthropology Part I Evolutionary Background 1Science and Evolution 2Human Genetics 3The Forces of Evolution 4The Evolution and Classification of Species Part II Our Place in Nature 5The Primates 6Primate Behavior and Ecology 7The Human Species Part III Our Origins 8The Fossil Record 9Primate Origins and Evolution 10The First Hominins 11The Origin of the Genus Homo 12The Evolution of Archaic Humans 13The Origin of Modern Humans Part IV Our Diversity 14Race and Human Variation 15Recent Human Evolution 16Human Biocultural Adaptation 17The Biological Impact of Agriculture and Civilization Epilogue The Future of Our Species Appendix 1: Cell Biology Appendix 2: Skeletal Biology: Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Glossary References Credits Index