Human Biology: An Introduction to Human Evolution, Variation, Growth, and Adaptability

Harrison, G. A.; Tanner, J. M.; Pilbeam, D. R.; Baker, P. T.

ISBN 10: 0198541449 / ISBN 13: 9780198541448

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1988

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Inscribed on fly sheet. Used when a student in late 1990s (rather lightly - but usefully) but not since.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Human Biology: An Introduction to Human Evolution, Variation, Growth, and Adaptability
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198541449
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198541448
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 3ème Édition
• État de l'article: Satisfaisant
• Dimensions: 3,284 L x 16,205 H x 24,13 P (centimètres) 3,284 centimètres de largeur par 16,205 centimètres de hauteur par 24,13 centimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1002 grammes

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Synopsis

This is the new edition of a textbook dealing with the nature, origins, development, and causes of human variety, and with the biological organization of past and present human populations. The familiar structure of the previous editions has been slightly modified, and the book is divided into four sections. These cover some of the general principles of evolutionary theory; the history of Primates; the fossil evidence for human evolution; aspects of Primate behaviour; the principles of genetics as applied to population studies; systematic descriptions of human variation; the nature of human growth and factors which determine it; varieties of human physique and other constitutional traits; and the ecology of human populations, considered especially in terms of adaptation processes. Two new authors, Professor D. Pilbeam and Professor P.T. Baker, both in the United States, have contributed the parts on human evolution and human adaptability respectively to this substantially revised and rewritten edition. Undergraduate students in courses on physical and biological anthropology; Human biology/Human biological sciences; Applied and human biology; Comparative physiology; Environmental physiology.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the new edition of a textbook dealing with the nature, origins, development, and causes of human variety, and with the biological organization of past and present human populations. The familiar structure of the previous editions has been slightly modified, and the book is divided into four sections. These cover some of the general principles of evolutionary theory; the history of Primates; the fossil evidence for human evolution; aspects of Primate behaviour; the principles of genetics as applied to population studies; systematic descriptions of human variation; the nature of human growth and factors which determine it; varieties of human physique and other constitutional traits; and the ecology of human populations, considered especially in terms of adaptation processes. Two new authors, Professor D. Pilbeam and Professor P.T. Baker, both in the United States, have contributed the parts on human evolution and human adaptability respectively to this substantially revised and rewritten edition.