عنوان

Human biology :

شابک

0470179643 (hardback)

شابک

9780470179642 (hardback)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Human biology :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

an evolutionary and biocultural perspective /

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis O'Rourke

وضعيت ويراست

2nd ed

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Hoboken, N.J. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Wiley-Blackwell,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c2012

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 863 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill. ;

ابعاد

27 cm

متن يادداشت

Machine generated contents note: Introduction.Chapter 1. Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective (Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis O'Rourke, and Rebecca Huss-Ashmore).Chapter 2. History of Human Biology in the United States of America (Francis E. Johnston and Michael A. Little).Heredity and Patterned Human Variation.Chapter 3. An Introduction to Genetics (Mark Weiss and Justin Tackney).Chapter 4. Genetics, Geography, and Human Variation (Dennis O'Rourke and Jake Enk).Chapter 5. Quantitative Variation and Genetics (Lyle Konigsberg).Human Adaptability.Chapter 6. Human Adaptation to Climate: Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation and Altitude (Cynthia M. Beall, Nina Jablonski, and A. Theordore Steegmann, Jr.).Chapter 7. Evolution of Human Nutrition (William R. Leonard).Chapter 8. Human Energetics (J. Josh Snodgrass).Human Biology and Health.Chapter 9. The Epidemiology of Human Disease (Lisa Sattenspiel and Karen Slonim).Chapter 10. Stress and Human Biology (Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James).The Human Life Course.Chapter 11. Evolution of the Human Life Cycle (Barry Bogin and B. Holly Smith).Chapter 12. Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors (Sara Stinson).Chapter 13. Aging, Senescence and Human Variation (Douglas E. Crews and Gillian Ice).Population Dynamics.Chapter 14. Demography, Part 1: Mortality and Migration( Timothy B. Gage, Sharon N. DeWitte, and James W. Wood).Chapter 15. Demography, Part 2: Population Growth and Fertility Regulation (Peter T. Ellison, Barry Bogin, and Mary O'Rourke).

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

"The book covers all the major areas of human biology: Genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography. All chapters are authored by leading experts in the field. Extensively rewritten by the four authors working in close collaboration for consistent style and format, the new edition of this best-selling book also features 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 intersection of the topics covered in the book"--

متن يادداشت

"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 intersection of the topics covered in the book"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Human biology

موضوع مستند نشده

Physical anthropology

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bogin, Barry

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

O'Rourke, Dennis H

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Stinson, Sara

تاريخ عمليات

20120504121540.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y