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Introduction to Physical Anthropology was designed for community college students in San Diego, California. It is an online-only textbook that emphasizes bright full-color graphics, embedded videos, and links to open primary and secondary sources.  It includes components that are typically found in a lab book or a course reader. It is designed for a 16-week Introduction to Biological Anthropology class. Compared to other textbooks it demphasizes paleoanthropology and emphasizes genetics and human variation.Typical Weeks and Topics1-2 Introduction to Science and Anthropology3-4 Evolutionary Biology 5-6 Cellular Biology7 Osteology8-9 Primatology 10-11 Paleoanthropology 12-13 Human Variation 14 Conclusion: the Future

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