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Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pub. Date: August 21, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780470179642
640pp
Edition Number: 2
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.
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The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
This book examines the basic human life span, including aging and the influence of biological and behavioral factors on growth variation. In addition, population structure and the effects of contemporary human circumstances on human genetics, fertility, variation, diet, disease, and demography are explored. |
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