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  • 1 What Is Physical Anthropology?
  • 2 Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory
  • 3 Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation
  • 4 Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics
  • 5 Biology in the Present: Living People
  • 6 Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates
  • 7 Fossils and Their Place In Time and Nature
  • 8 Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50,000,000 Years
  • 9 Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity
  • 10 The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo
  • 11 The Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People
  • 12 The Root of the Matter: Farming and Its Consequences
  • 13 Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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  • CHAPTER 13 EVOLUTION: TODAY AND TOMORROW
    • BIG QUESTIONS
    • The Forces of Change: A Warming Planet, Increasing Population, and Shifting Technology
    • Global Warming
    • HOW DO WE KNOW?: Global Climates Are Rapidly Changing
    • Human Population Growth
    • ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS: Biodiversity on the Downturn: The Human Role
    • The Nutrition Transition and Allergies on the Rise
    • CONCEPT CHECK: Forces Shaping Our World: Climate, Population, and Technology
    • Our Ongoing Evolution
    • Who Will We Be Tomorrow?
    • ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS
    • Key Terms
    • Additional Readings

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