Physical Anthropology of Finno-Ugric Peoples is a book, based on the plentiful and unique but unfinished life’s work by the outstanding Estonian anthropologist Karin Mark (1922–1999). The originally unfinished work was meticulously complemented on the basis of manuscripts and brought to an end by Leiu Heapost.
The content of the book is based upon the results of anthropological data collected by Mark in 1955–1976 from Finno-Ugric peoples (Estonians, Izhorians, Finns, Karelians, Vepsians, Sami, Transcarpathian Hungarians, Mordvinians Erza and Moksha,Terjuhan, Karatai, Mari, Udmurts, Bessermen, Komi-Permiaks and -Zyrians, Mansi, Khants) populating vast territories from West Siberia to Transcarpathia, and for comparison their neighbouring Indo-European (Finnish Swedes, Russians) and Turkic (Chuvash, Tatars, Bashkirs) peoples.
The book, richly illustrated with tables, figures and photos, comprises data concerning of 40 anthropological characteristics and their analyses about approximately 13,000 individuals belonging to 133 ethnic groups representing 22 ethnicities. The work is unique by its scope and scientific reliability; it is a historical record containing anthropological data of all Finno-Ugric peoples which are comprehensively analysed in the context of Eurasia, collected within a certain time period by Mark in person by her uniform programme and methods.
The book is of interest to anthropologists, human biologists, historians, geneticists, physicians, ethnologists, geographers, natural, social, cultural scientists, philosophers, genealogists etc.

Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Earlier anthropological research
2. Material and methods
3. Ethnic and geographical variability of somatological features
4. Anthropological types and their position in the system of races

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Burkhard MADEA (Editor)
HANDBOOK OF FORENSIC MEDICINE
Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, Hardcover

Forensic Medicine encompasses all areas in which medicine and law interact. This book covers diverse aspects of forensic medicine including forensic pathology, traumatology and violent death, sudden and unexpected death, clinical forensic medicine, toxicology, traffic medicine, identification, haemogenetics and medical law. A knowledge of all these subdisciplines is necessary in order to solve routine as well as more unusual cases.
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Fred H. SMITH and James C. AHERN
THE ORIGINS OF MODERN HUMANS: BIOLOGY RECONSIDERED
Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, Hardback

This update to the award-winning The Origins of Modern Humans: A World Survey of the Fossil Evidence covers the most accepted common theories concerning the emergence of modern Homo sapiens—adding fresh insight from top young scholars on the key new discoveries of the past 25 years.
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• The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia
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Ron BARRETT and George ARMELAGOS
AN UNNATURAL HISTORY OF EMERGING INFECTIONS
Oxford University Press, 2013, Hardback

This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subsistence, shifting populations, environmental disruptions, and social inequalities. The recent labeling of the term "re-emerging infections" reflects a re-emergence, not so much of the diseases themselves, but rather a re-emerging awareness in affluent societies of long-standing problems that were previously ignored.
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Tim INGOLD and Gisli PALSSON (Editors)
BIOSOCIAL BECOMINGS
Integrating Social and Biological Anthropology
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013, Hardcover

All human life unfolds within a matrix of relations, which are at once social and biological. Yet the study of humanity has long been divided between often incompatible 'social' and 'biological' approaches. Reaching beyond the dualisms of nature and society and of biology and culture, this volume proposes a unique and integrated view of anthropology and the life sciences. Featuring contributions from leading anthropologists, it explores human life as a process of 'becoming' rather than 'being', and demonstrates that humanity is neither given in the nature of our species nor acquired through culture but forged in the process of life itself. Combining wide-ranging theoretical argument with in-depth discussion of material from recent or ongoing field research, the chapters demonstrate how contemporary anthropology can move forward in tandem with groundbreaking discoveries in the biological sciences.
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Stanley ULIJASZEK, Neil MANN and Sarah ELTON
EVOLVING HUMAN NUTRITION
Implications for Public Health
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013, Paperback

While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been shaped across evolutionary time and how we have adapted to changing food availability. The transition from hunter-gatherer and the rise of agriculture through to the industrialisation and globalisation of diet are explored. Far from being adapted to a 'Stone Age' diet, humans can consume a vast range of foodstuffs. However, being able to eat anything does not mean that we should eat everything, and therefore engagement with the evolutionary underpinnings of diet and factors influencing it are key to better public health practice.
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Michael HERMANUSSEN (Editor)
AUXOLOGY - Studying Human Growth and Development
Schweizerbert Science Publishers, 2013, Hardcover

This new book is a comprehensive description of human physical growth and development (Auxology) with contributions by 56 internationally reputed experts. The entire spectrum of basic and advanced information on growth tracking, growth prediction, short-term-, catch-up- and rapid growth, nutritional and social factors influencing human growth, and issues related to preventive health care, growth in ethnic minorities and migrants, and growth in developing countries is presented. The text is generously illustrated by 270 colour figures and 89 comprehensive tables. The text also introduces new mathematical approaches to growth modelling and provides practical information on how to use and interpret growth charts. Current national references for height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and head circumference for various countries (US, ARG, BRA, CAN, IND, BEL, GER, IT, NL, PL, SW, SWI, TUR, UK, WHO) are provided, as are growth references for twins, preterm infants and syndrome specific growth charts for clinical purposes.
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Wiley-Blackwell ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, Paperback

This reprint of Bernard Wood's best-selling 2-volume encyclopedia is now available as a single-volume paperback. It is ideal for grad students and individual researchers wanting to purchase their own desk copy of this comprehensive work.
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David R. BEGUN (Editor)
A COMPANION TO PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, Hardcover

A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe.
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• Highlights the unique methods and techniques of paleoanthropology, including dating and ecological methods, and use of living primate date to reconstruct behavior in fossil apes and humans.
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Every year, there are over 1.6 million violent deaths worldwide, making violence one of the leading public health issues of our time. And with the 20th century just behind us, it's hard to forget that 191 million people lost their lives directly or indirectly through conflict. This collection of engaging case studies on violence and violent deaths reveals how violence is reconstructed from skeletal and contextual information. By sharing the complex methodologies for gleaning scientific data from human remains and the context they are found in, and complementary perspectives for examining violence from both past and contemporary societies, bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology prove to be fundamentally inseparable. This book provides a model for training forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists, not just in the fundamentals of excavation and skeletal analysis, but in all subfields of anthropology, to broaden their theoretical and practical approach to dealing with everyday violence.
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LIRITZIS, I., SINGHVI, A., FEATHERS, J., WAGNER, R., KADEREIT, A., ZACHARIAS, N. and LI, S.-H.
LUMINESCENCE DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND GEOARCHAEOLOGY
Springer Verlag, 2013, Softcover

The field of Luminescence Dating has reached a level of maturity. Both research and applications from all fields of archaeological science, from archaeological materials to anthropology and geoarchaeology, now routinely employ luminescence dating. The advent of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques and the potential for exploring a spectrum of grain aliquots enhanced the applicability, accuracy and the precision of luminescence dating. The present contribution reviews the physical basis, mechanisms and methodological aspects of luminescence dating; discusses advances in instrumentations and facilities, improvements in analytical procedures, and statistical treatment of data along with some examples of applications across continents, covering all periods (Middle Palaeolithic to Medieval) and both Old and New World archaeology. They also include interdisciplinary applications that contribute to palaeo-landscape reconstruction.
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Gillian H. ICE and Gary D. JAMES (editors)
MEASURING STRESS IN HUMANS: A Practical Guide for the Field
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, Paperback

The purpose of this 2007 book is to present non-invasive methods of measuring the biological responses to psychosocial stress in humans, in non-laboratory (field) settings. Following the pathways of Seyle's General Adaptation Syndrome, the text first describes how to assess the psychosocial stressors of everyday life and then outlines how to measure the psychological, behavioral, neurohumeral, physiological and immunological responses to them. The book concludes with practical information on assessing special populations, analyzing the often-complicated data that are collected in field stress studies and the ethical treatment of human subjects in stress studies. It is intended to be a practical guide for developing and conducting psychophysiological stress research in human biology. This book will assist students and professionals in designing field studies of stress.
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Caroline WILKINSON and Christopher RYNN (editors)
CRANIOFACIAL IDENTIFICATION
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, Hardback

The promotion of CCTV surveillance and identity cards, along with ever heightened security at airports, immigration control and institutional access, has seen a dramatic increase in the use of automated and manual recognition. In addition, several recent disasters have highlighted the problems and challenges associated with current disaster victim identification. Discussing the latest advances and key research into identification from the face and skull, this book draws together a wide range of elements relating to craniofacial analysis and identification. It examines all aspects of facial identification, including the determination of facial appearance from the skull, comparison of the skull with the face and the verification of living facial images. With sections covering the identification of the dead and of the living, it provides a valuable review of the current state of play along with the latest research advances in this constantly evolving field.
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Michael H. CRAWFORD and Benjamin C. CAMPBELL (Eds)
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN MIGRATION - An Evolutionary Perspective
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, Hardback

Migration is a widespread human activity dating back to the origin of our species. Advances in genetic sequencing have greatly increased our ability to track prehistoric and historic population movements and allowed migration to be described both as a biological and socioeconomic process. Presenting the latest research, Causes and Consequences of Human Migration provides an evolutionary perspective on human migration past and present. Crawford and Campbell have brought together leading thinkers who provide examples from different world regions, using historical, demographic and genetic methodologies, and integrating archaeological, genetic and historical evidence to reconstruct large-scale population movements in each region. Other chapters discuss established questions such as the Basque origins and the Caribbean slave trade. More recent evidence on migration in ancient and present day Mexico is also presented. Pitched at a graduate audience, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in human population movements.
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Dennis DIRKMAAT (editor)
A COMPANION TO FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, Hardcover

A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts.
Presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology available, with chapters by a wide range of renowned international scholars and experts .
Highlights the latest advances in forensic anthropology research, as well as the most effective practices and techniques used by professional forensic anthropologists in the field.
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Evaluates the goals and methods of forensic archaeology, including the preservation of context at surface-scattered remains, buried bodies and fatal fire scenes, and recovery and identification issues related to large-scale mass disaster scenes and mass grave excavation.
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Michalis KONTOPODIS,Christoph WULF and Bernd FICHTNER (Eds)
CHILDREN, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION - Cultural, Historical, Anthropological Perspectives
Springer Verlag, 2011, Hardcover

Historical anthropology is a revision of the German philosophical anthropology under the influences of the French historical school of Annales and the Anglo-Saxon cultural anthropology. Cultural-historical psychology is a school of thought which emerged in the context of the Soviet revolution and deeply affected the disciplines of psychology and education in the 20th century. This book draws on these two schools to advance current scholarship in child and youth development and education. It also enters in dialogue with other relational approaches and suggests alternatives to mainstream western developmental theories and educational practices.
This book emphasizes communication and semiotic processes as well as the use of artifacts, pictures and technologies in education and childhood development, placing a special focus on active subjectivity, historicity and performativity. Within this theoretical framework, contributors from Europe and the U.S. highlight the dynamic and creative aspects of school, family and community practices and the dramatic aspects of child development in our changing educational institutions. They also use a series of original empirical studies to introduce different research methodologies and complement theoretical analyses in an attempt to find innovative ways to translate cultural-historical and historical anthropological theory and research into a thorough understanding of emerging phenomena in school and after-school education of ethnic minorities, gender-sensitive education, and educational and family policy. Divided into two main parts, “Culture, History and Child Development”, and “Gender, Performativity and Educational Practice”, this book is useful for anyone in the fields of cultural-historical research, educational science, educational and developmental psychology, psychological anthropology, and childhood and youth studies.
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Gerhard W. WEBER and Fred L. BOOKSTEIN
VIRTUAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A guide to a new interdisciplinary field
Springer Verlag, Hardcover, 2011

This is the first textbook of Virtual Anthropology, the new science that combines elements from fields as diverse as anthropology, medicine, statistics, computing, scientific visualization, and industrial design. The book is intended for students in any of these or nearby fields within biology, medicine, or engineering and for teachers, journalists, and all others who will enjoy the many examples from our real biological world. After a general introduction to the field and an overview, the book is organized around six themes conveyed in more than 300 pages of text accompanied by hundreds of carefully annotated images: medical imaging and 3D digitising techniques, electronic preparation of individual specimens, analysis of complex forms in space one or many at a time, reconstruction of forms that are partly missing or damaged, production of real objects from virtual models, and, finally, thoughts about data accessibility and sharing and the implications of all this for the future of anthropology. The authors' emphasis is not on technical details but rather on step-by-step explanations of the wealth of examples included here, from brain evolution to surgical planning, always in light of the relevance of these approaches to science and to society. All readers are encouraged to try out the techniques on their own using the tools and data included in the Online Extra Materials resource.
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Jesus Herrerin LOPEZ
PALEOPATHOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
in on unusual necropolis of mendicants

Info: www.soriaedita.com, jeusus.herrerin@uam.es