
Human Biology
An Introduction to Human Evolution, Variation, Growth and Adaptability
Oxford University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 23. June 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
584 pages
978-0-19-854143-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the new edition of a textbook dealing with the nature, origins, development, and causes of human variety, and with the biological organization of past and present human populations.
The familiar structure of the previous editions has been slightly modified, and the book is divided into four sections. These cover some of the general principles of evolutionary theory; the history of Primates; the fossil evidence for human evolution; aspects of Primate behaviour; the principles of genetics as applied to population studies; systematic descriptions of human variation; the nature of human growth and factors which determine it; varieties of human physique and other constitutional traits; and the ecology of human populations, considered especially in terms of adaptation processes.
Two new authors, Professor D. Pilbeam and Professor P.T. Baker, both in the United States, have contributed the parts on human evolution and human adaptability respectively to this substantially revised and rewritten edition.
The familiar structure of the previous editions has been slightly modified, and the book is divided into four sections. These cover some of the general principles of evolutionary theory; the history of Primates; the fossil evidence for human evolution; aspects of Primate behaviour; the principles of genetics as applied to population studies; systematic descriptions of human variation; the nature of human growth and factors which determine it; varieties of human physique and other constitutional traits; and the ecology of human populations, considered especially in terms of adaptation processes.
Two new authors, Professor D. Pilbeam and Professor P.T. Baker, both in the United States, have contributed the parts on human evolution and human adaptability respectively to this substantially revised and rewritten edition.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
2 halftones, 130 line illustrations, 58 tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-854143-1 (9780198541431)
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Persons
Author
Emeritus Professor of Biological AnthropologyEmeritus Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford
Emeritus Professor of Child Health and GrowthEmeritus Professor of Child Health and Growth, University of London
Professor of AnthropologyProfessor of Anthropology, University of Harvard
Evan Pugh Professor of AnthropologyEvan Pugh Professor of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University