| Description |
xix, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Octagon lectures ; 1987 |
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Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Human Biology ; no. 1 |
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Octagon lectures ; 1987
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Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Human Biology ; no. 1
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| Contents |
Part I. The octagon lectures biology of the human experience : Introduction -- The evalution of human reproduction / Roger Short -- Fossils teeth and sex : New perspectives in human evolution / Charles Oxnard -- The southern continent : An spisode in human colonization / Rhys Jones -- Technological imperatives and the human experience / Barry Jones -- Part II. Human biology conference perpectives in human biology : Introduction -- Invited papers : Life styles and controlled trails / Ray Johnstone -- A scientific appraisal of naturopathy, homepathy and herbal medicine / Wolfe Segal -- Exercise and Asthma / Alan Morton and Ken Fitch -- The impact of mechanized transport on the biology of human population / Geoffrey Harrison -- The human evolutionary paradigm / Len Freedman -- The small cosmos : Studies on human biology in Papua New Guinea / MIke Alpers -- Physical exercise and human growth / Tim Ackland, JOhn Bloomfield anf Brian Blanksby -- Birth defects in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / Richard Dryden -- Anatomies and lifestyles / Charles Oxnard -- The function of the human mammary gland / Peter Hartmann -- Fiji ancient melting pot in the Pacific / Bob Kirk -- AIDS and the study of human biology (Abstract) / Charles Watson -- Short Communication : A morphometric study of age related change in the trabecular meshwork of the human eye / Paul McMenamin and I am Grierson -- Does the human condition impose unique constraints upon fetal growth / Ann-Maree Lynch -- Interpopulation variation in sympathetic nervous activity / David Jenner and Geoffrey Harrison -- The stockyard site evidence from the shellfish / George Newland -- Two new approaches to biometrics using medial Axis transform / Ver Weitzel -- Aspects of human genetics in Se Spanish prehistory: Epigenetic and multivariate caraniometric analyses / Michael Walker -- Acute metabolic responses to exercise with age / Tim Cable, Hilary Green , Michael Guppy and Gerrard taylor -- Secular changes in the heights and weights of Western Australian Secondary School Children / Brain Blanksby, Christine Taylor and Daryl Foster -- Consistency of perferred tempo in rhythmic jumping / Helen Parker and Richard Lockwood -- Skeletal asymmentry and asynchronous skeletal development / Jim Taylor -- Age changes in lumbo-sacral posture and lumbar sagittal movements in cadavers and in the living / Lance Twomey and Jim Tayor -- Infants weighting less than 2000gms: Risk of death, cerebral palsy and intelectual handicap, by mother's reproductive experience in terms of low birthweight / Anne Read, Fiona Stanley, Dallas English and Sue Mauger -- part III. Human bilogy enrichment seminar : Resume / Neville Bruce |
| Notes |
"Conference [held] 29-31 July 1987" |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Notes |
Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Human Biology no:1 1033-3592 |
| Subject |
Human biology -- Congresses.
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Human biology.
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Human genetics -- Research.
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Human genetics.
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Sociobiology -- Congresses.
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Human geography -- Australasia.
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Sociobiology.
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Sociology -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Blumer, W. F. C. (William Frederick Croft), 1929-
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Bruce, N. W. (Neville Wylie), 1943-
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Freedman, L. (Leonard), 1923-2014.
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Octagon Lectures Committee
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University of Western Australia. Centre for Human Biology.
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| LC no. |
86422076 |
| ISBN |
0864220758 (paperback) |
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0864220766 (laminated) |
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