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ONEONTA, N.Y. --
John Relethford,
Distinguished Teaching Professor in the
Anthropology Department
of the SUNY College at Oneonta, has completed the seventh edition of his
popular college textbook,
The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology. The
text was released recently by McGraw-Hill Publishers.
Dr. Relethford's book provides a general introduction to contemporary
physical anthropology with coverage of genetics and evolutionary theory,
human variation, human evolution, and the biology, behavior, and
evolution of primates.
The sixth edition of "The Human Species" was used in approximately
140 colleges and universities in 39 states, including the University of
Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of California at
Berkeley, Dartmouth College, SUNY-Binghamton, and SUNY-Oneonta.
Dr. Relethford received the 2004 W.W. Howells Book Award from the
Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological
Association for his book "Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is
Revealed in Our Genes." He also wrote "Genetics and the Search for
Modern Human Origins," which was published in 2001. He is a co-author of
the textbook "Human Biological Variation," published by Oxford
University Press in 2006.
Dr. Relethford currently serves on the editorial boards of "Human
Biology" and the "Yearbook of Physical Anthropology." He has served as
an associate editor for the "American Journal of Physical Anthropology,"
"Journal of Human Evolution," and "Human Heredity."
A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Dr. Relethford is the Past-President of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists and has served the organization as President,
Vice President, and a member of the Executive Committee. He has also
served as Vice President and President of the American Association of
Anthropological Genetics.
A biological anthropologist, Dr. Relethford joined the SUNY-Oneonta
faculty in 1981. He was honored with the rank of SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor in 1998 and the SUNY Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in Teaching in 1995. He was the inaugural winner of the
College's Sutton Smith Prize for Academic Excellence in 1995.
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