Title Human population biology : a transdisciplinary science / edited by Michael A. Little and Jere D. Haas

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Human Population Biology and the Concept of Transdisciplinarity, M. A. Little and J. D. Haas -- PART I: Demography and Population -- 1. Demography and Human Population Biology: Problems and Progress, P. W. Leslie and T. B. Gage -- 2. Demographic Studies and Human Population Biology, T. B. Gage et al. -- PART II: Genetics, Epidemiology, and Clinical Medicine -- 3. Human Adaptability and Medical Genetics, C. Hoff, R. M. Garruto and N. Durham -- 4. Natural Experimental Models in Human Biology, Epidemiology and Clinical Medicine, R. M. Garruto et al. -- PART III: Physiology and the Environment -- 5. An Anthropological Perspective on the Study of Work Capacity, C. A. Weitz -- 6. Climatic Physiology, J. M. Hanna, M. A. Little, and D. M. Austin -- 7. Nutrition and Human Population Biology, J. D. Haas and D. L. Pelletier -- PART IV: The Life Cycle -- 8. New Perspectives and Directions in Human Biology and Growth, I. G. Pawson, C. C. Ballew, and J. R. Bindon -- 9. The Human Population Biology of Aging, C. M. Beall and C. A. Weitz -- PART V: Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Human Population Biology -- 10. Developmental Responses in the Acquisition of Functional Adaptation to High Altitude, A. R. Frisancho and L. P. Greksa -- 11. Development of Chest Size and Lung Function at High Altitude, L. P. Greksa and C. M. Beall -- 12. High-Altitude Hematology: Paradigm or Enigma?, C. C. Ballew, R. M. Garruto, and J. D. Haas -- 13. Modernization and Adiposity: Causes and Consequences, S. T. McGarvey et al. -- 14. Catecholamines and Stress, G. D. James, D. E. Crews and J. Pearson -- 15. Reflections on Adaptive and Ecological Models, R. B. Thomas, T. B. Gage and M. A. Little Analysis 11030 man 21030 ecology Baker, Paul T Human beings Effect of environment on Physical anthropology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Baker, Paul T. Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Human beings -- Influence of environment Physical anthropology. Population biology. Anthropology, Physical. Population Dynamics. Genre/Form Festschriften. Author Haas, Jere D. Little, Michael A. LC no. 89002877 ISBN 0195050169 (alk. paper)

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