Human Biological Diversity
eBook - ePub

Human Biological Diversity

  1. 466 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Human Biological Diversity

About this book

Human Biological Diversity is an introductory textbook designed to cover the key contemporary topics in the study of human variation and human biology within the field of physical anthropology.

Easily accessible for students with no background in anthropology or biology, this second edition includes two new chapters, one on human variation in the skeleton and dentition and the other on tracing human population affinities. All other chapters have been fully updated to reflect advances in the field and now include pedagogical features to aid readers in their understanding.

Written for an introductory level but still containing valuable information that will be of interest to students on upper-level courses, Brown's textbook should be essential reading for all students taking courses on human variation, human biology, human evolution, race, anthropology of race, and general introductions to biological/physical anthropology.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781351711661
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
Antropología

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Profiles
  10. Preface
  11. 1 Introduction
  12. 2 Background: concepts of evolution and genetics
  13. 3 Molecular genetics, genomics, and human genetics
  14. 4 Macroevolution and taxonomy
  15. 5 Race and human variation
  16. 6 Human biological variation in the skeleton and dentition: a window on the past
  17. 7 Genotypic traits
  18. 8 Tracing human population affinities and migrations
  19. 9 Demography: populations, reproduction, and mortality
  20. 10 Life span: growth and development
  21. 11 Life span: aging and senescence
  22. 12 Human adaptability to physical stressors
  23. 13 Human adaptability to biological stressors
  24. 14 Human biology in the modern world
  25. 15 Human biological variation: a look to the future and some final thoughts on ethics
  26. Glossary
  27. Index