Anthro 1 class

It arrived just in time for my class. Thanks to the vendor - 5*!

....A very difficult book for me, since I've never taken a science class...but it was a requirement.

Now in its fifth edition

This fascinating book is now in its fifth edition since late 2008. But somehow in the page for the fourth edition Amazon did not show this in "Other Edition". And judged from the current sales rank in May 2009, 4th edition sells much more than the 5th edition. I have not done a comparison between the two editions but you may want to check out the new edition with this link: How Humans Evolved: (Fifth Edition)

Great Product :)

Received book on time, great condition and included everything for a great price. One of the first books that looked as it was described online.

Decent Textbook

In the introductory college course in physical anthropology that my professor used this text in, the focus was largely on his lecture and not on reading the text. That being said, from the times that I used the text, I saw that it was well-written and made use of charts, graphs, etc. to give context to its explanations. Overall it was a very good textbook, but I only gave it 4/5 stars because it could be "wordy" at times (it took two pages to explain what could have been explained in two paragraphs). Other than that, a good purchase, seeing as I HAD to buy it for the course.

Horrible

The book did not arrive in one piece. The cover was not attached to the book and the spine is falling apart. The book fell into several pieces as soon as I picked it up. This is not how the item was described and I am completely unsatisfied with my purchase.