And when new fossils are found, such as those of the tiny humans of Flores, scientists compare these remains to other fossils and contemporary humans.

Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tas

Several different methods for analyzing comparative data have been suggested over the past few years. This book places comparative studies firmly in their biolo

Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.

Methodologies as applied to recent primate research that will provide new approaches to comparative research.