Human Variability and Plasticity - Rilegato

 
9780521453998: Human Variability and Plasticity
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0521453992 ISBN 13: 9780521453998
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Sinossi

Investigates human variability in relation to changing environments.

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Descrizione del libro

Most animals are capable of altering their biology or behaviour to respond plastically to changes in their environment. Humans are perhaps the most plastic of all species, and this book examines how human variability is affected by such factors as starvation, disease, child growth and migration.

Contenuti

Foreword G. A. Harrison; Introduction B. Bogin and C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor; 1. The pervasiveness of plasticity D. F. Roberts; 2. Plasticity in early development D. J. Pritchard; 3. Plasticity in the growth of Mayan refugee children living in the United States B. Bogin; 4. The place of plasticity in the study of the secular trend for male stature J. L. Boldsen; 5. Plasticity, growth and energy balance S. J. Ulijaszek; 6. The study of migrants as a strategy for understanding human biological plasticity G. W. Lasker; 7. Human migration: effects on people, effects on populations G. Coleman; 8. The use of surnames in the study of human variation and plasticity John H. Relethford; 9. A biological anthropological approach to measuring societal stress of parasitic disease - a case study of Schistosomiasis C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor and G. E. H. Mohamed; 10. Biological adaptability, plasticity and disease: patterns in modernising societies R. M. Garruto; 11. Human biological adaptability with special emphasis on plasticity: history, development and problems for future research L. M. Schell; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
1995
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521453992
ISBN 13 
9780521453998
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
256
Redattore
Mascie-Taylor C. G. Nicholas, Bogin Barry
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Germania

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ISBN 10:  0521018552 ISBN 13:  9780521018555
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