Human Biology : An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
ISBN: 9780470179642 | 0470179643
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 4/10/2012
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This comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology covers all the major areas of the field: genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography. Written by four expert authors working in close collaboration, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to provide undergraduate and graduate students with two new chapters: one on race and culture and their ties to human biology, and the other a concluding summary chapter highlighting the integration and in... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| Contributors | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective | p. 3 |
| History of Human Biology in the United States of America | p. 23 |
| Heredity and Patterned Human Variation | p. 51 |
| An Introduction to Genetics | p. 53 |
| Genetics, Geography, and Human Variation | p. 99 |
| Quantitative Variation and Gen... MORE | p. 143 |
| Human Adaptability | p. 175 |
| Human Adaptation to Climate: Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Altitude | p. 177 |
| Human Nutritional Evolution | p. 251 |
| Human Energetics | p. 325 |
| Human Biology and Health | p. 385 |
| The Epidemiology of Human Disease | p. 387 |
| Stress and Human Biology | p. 459 |
| The Human Life Course | p. 513 |
| Evolution of the Human Life Cycle | p. 515 |
| Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factois | p. 587 |
| Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation | p. 637 |
| Population Dynamics | p. 693 |
| Demography Part 1: Mortality and Migration | p. 695 |
| Demography Part 2: Population Growth and Fertility Regulation | p. 757 |
| Glossary | p. 805 |
| Index | p. 833 |
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