Basics in Human Evolution - Couverture rigide

9780128026526: Basics in Human Evolution

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ISBN 10 : 0128026529 ISBN 13 : 9780128026526

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2015

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Basics in Human Evolution offers a broad view of evolutionary biology and medicine. The book is written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field.

From evolutionary theory, to the cultural evolution, this book fills gaps in the readers’ knowledge from various backgrounds and introduces readers to thought leaders in human evolution research.

Offers comprehensive coverage of the wide ranging field of human evolution
Written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field
Provides expertise from leading minds in the field
Allows the reader the ability to gain exposure to various topics in one publication

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michael P. Muehlenbein is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned an MsPH in both Tropical Medicine and Biostatistics from Tulane University, and an MPhil and PhD in Biological Anthropology from Yale University. He is a distinguished and prolific author and his research includes a number of different topics, from evolutionary endocrinology and ecological immunology to conservation medicine. He is currently working on understanding life history trade-offs between the immune and reproductive systems in primates, as well as risks of emerging infectious diseases associated with contact between humans and wild primate populations.

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