Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind Paperback – 2011

I am a current college student who decided to take Anthropology 101: Into to Human Origins.Last semester I had attempted to take the same class and ended up withdrawing halfway through because of the difficulty and the book that they were using was in no way helpful.This semester I went for round two!This book is extremely helpful and very thorough. What I found helpful was that it did not jump right in to primates and similar things that are difficult to understand when you are new to the subject. It started with the basics of genes and human origin and worked its way forward. It is not written in terms that are hard to understand.This book has taught me more than I expected and is allowing me to pass the class.It is also way cheaper to rent from Amazon as opposed to buying it.

For a student who just wants to get by in class without spending a fortune on a book. It's in black and white... Honestly doesn't matter to me as long as I can read the words in the book.. For 20 bucks it was a good deal for me when our school bookstore charges 91 just to RENT it...

Great read, it's a bit outdated with discoveries further messing with the timelines and the theories. Keep that in mind! Needed it for class and was an excellent study book.

QUITE SATISFIED / A1++++

I utilized this text for my first upper division course in Biological Anthropology, and since it was a summer course (only four weeks) by necessity a lot of material was covered really fast. As a result of the fast pace this book was critical to my understanding of the subject material. It’s well written, well organized and relatively easy to understand even for those not majoring in Anthropology. I’d love to recommend this book as a resource for the foreseeable future however due to the changing nature of the field sadly most of the information will be out of date (some of it already is) in the next few years. For the time being however it is an excellent introduction for those interested in the field.

Good book, very informative.

I really enjoyed using this book for my Biological Anthropology Undergrad course. It gives all the needed information, but in a way that is easy to understand and encourages deeper thought into the subject. Great textbook! I wish I had purchased it instead of just renting it.

The book's content is okay, but the eBook is terrible.1) Many of the Kindle features don't work (re-flow text and word runner, for example).2) The font is so small that I can't read it on my Android device, and there is no option to change the font size.3) The book can't be opened in the online Kindle reader, so I'm stuck squinting at my phone.4) The book is WAY OVERPRICED. All of this information is available free online. I wish teachers would stop promoting robbery and use open-source lecture material.5) The 3rd edition is nearly identical to the 2nd, but there are some new pictures and such so the page numbers differ. Scam crap to keep students buying the newest edition instead of getting used copies.6) I can't sell the eBook. If I had purchased the hard copy, I would get some of my money back at the end of the semester by reselling the book. With the eBook Amazon will not let me resell.