Outlines the new field of exoanthropology - the study of human biological and cultural evolution in non-Earth environments

Sets an evolutionary tone for space colonization on timescales of multiple human generations

Bridges the gap between planners of long-term space missions and antropologists

Outlines the new field of space anthropology or exoanthropology - the study of human biological and cultural evolution in extraterrestrial (beyond-Earth) environments Sets an evolutionary tone for space settlement on timescales of multiple human generations Bridges the gap between planners of long-term space missions and anthropologists

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Cameron M. Smith, PhD, is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, Oregon. He has been conducting archeological fieldwork for the past 3 decades and has been teaching human evolution and prehistory courses since 1999. He has published both in technical journals ranging from the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Antiquity to Acta Astronautca, as well ** as, in popular science articles and books, chiefly on evolution. As much as he is interested in the human past, however, he is equally fascinated by the human future. To this end Dr. Smith has in recent years been steadily building and publicizing an anthropological approach to the issues of human biological and cultural evolution beyond the boundaries of Earth.

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An Introduction to Space Anthropology.- Individual Hominin Biology Beyond Earth.- Population Genetics of Human Space Settlement.- Cultural Adaptations in Human Space Settlement.- Humanity and the Migration Experience Beyond Earth.- Adaptive Lessons from Ancient Technologies and Cultures.- Human Adaption and Permanent Space Settlement.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.