Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614008
Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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To explain: Whether the culture had large or small effects on human evolution by focusing the figure 1.4.

Introduction: Anthropology is the study of evolution and variations of the human race and the relationship with the primates. The anthropologist studies the primitive human ancestor remains and their behavior and compares them with modern humans to find different races among humans.

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