Recommended Reading

Some suggested reading materials

Introductions to biological anthropology

Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of HumankindBuy Now
Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind

Stanford (2006)

Intended for undergraduate introductory physical anthropology, biological anthropology or human origins courses.

Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsBuy Now
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years

Diamond, Jared (2003)

Life isn't fair--here's why: Since 1500, Europeans have, for better and worse, called the tune that the world has danced to. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond explains the reasons why things worked out that way.

Introduction to Physical AnthropologyBuy Now
Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Jurman, R (2005)

This book is easy to understand, colourful and has all the information you need to gain the basic knowledge of physical anthropology.