Human biology : an introduction to human evolution, variation, growth and ecology / by G.A. Harrison ... [et al.]
Contributor(s): Harrison, G. A. (Geoffrey Ainsworth).
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1977Edition: 2nd ed. / with a chapter ... by V. Reynolds.Description: xiv, 499 p., [4]leaves of plates : ill, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 019857164X; 0198571658 .Subject(s): Human physiologyDDC classification: 573.2Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Human Evolution
- 1 Studying Human Evolution
- 2 Patterns of Evolution
- 3 Primates
- 4 Primate Evolution
- 5 Hominid Evolution
- Part 2 Human Genetics and Variation
- 6 Molecular and Mendelian Genetics
- 7 Quantitative Variation
- 8 Population Genetics--Mating Systems
- 9 Population Genetics--Gene Frequency Changes
- 10 Population Variation in Qualitative Traits (Proteins)
- 11 Population Variation in Qualitative Traits (Blood Groups and Others)
- 12 Population Variation in Quantitative Traits
- 13 Anthropological Genetics and the Peoples of the World
- Part 3 Human Growth and Constitution
- 14 The Human Growth Curve
- 15 The Adolescent Growth Spurt and Development Age
- 16 Hormonal, Genetic, and Environmental Factors Controlling Growth
- 17 Physical and Psychological Development
- 18 Analysis and Classification of Physique
- 19 Physique and its Relationship to Function, Disease, and behavior
- Part 4 Human Adaptability
- 20 Human Ecology and Human Adaptability
- 21 The Physical Environment
- 22 Nutritional Stress
- 23 Infectious Disease
- 24 Modernization and Human Biological Responses