The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology (3-Volume Set)

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The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology features over 450 entries contributed by an international team of scholars, and presents an extensive and invaluable survey of this fascinating field.

The Encyclopedia:
- Represents the first comprehensive encyclopedic reference relating to biological anthropology
- Features more than 450 entries covering topics ranging from ongoing human evolution, paleoanthropology, and non-human primates to paleopathology, forensic anthropology, and bioarchaeology
- Includes interdisciplinary coverage of primatology, human biology, paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, anthropological genetics, and the history of biological anthropology.

An indispensable resource for undergraduate students and scholars engaged in the study and practice of biological anthropology and interrelated fields and disciplines.

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Biography

Wenda R. Trevathan is Regents Professor Emerita of Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, where she has taught for thirty years. She is a biological anthropologist whose research focuses on the evolutionary and biocultural factors underlying human reproduction including childbirth, maternal behaviour, sexuality, and menopause. Her primary publications are works on the evolution of childbirth and evolutionary medicine and include Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women's Health and Human Birth: An Evolutionary Perspective. For the past twenty years, she has co-authored two major textbooks in biological anthropology.