30-Second Anthropology by Simon Underdown

30-Second Anthropology by Simon Underdown

30-Second Anthropology explores humanity through 50 key biological and social topics, revealing how we have evolved from chimp-like ancestors to being able to send rockets to Mars.

Simon Underdown is Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. He teaches, researches and writes on human evolution, the effect of the environment on humans, palæoepidemeology, the relationship between biology and culture and the development of human intelligence. He regularly appears on radio and TV programmes discussing human evolution and the latest developments. He writes for the Guardian on contemporary issues in science, including climate change, creationism, religious belief and the use of human remains in research and also contributed book reviews to numerous publications, including History Today and the THES. A former Vice President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2012–15) he was involved in designing the biological aspects of the A-Level in Anthropology.  He is currently Chair of the Society for the Study of Human Biology and a Research Associate of the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9781782405450
ISBN 10	1782405453
Title	30-Second Anthropology
Author	Simon Underdown
Series	30 Second
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2018-03-01
Number of pages	160
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