Human population biology : a transdisciplinary science / edited by Michael A. Little and Jere D. Haas.
Contributor(s): Little, Michael A | Haas, Jere D
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.Description: xiv, 338p. : ill., diagrs., maps, tables ; 24cm.ISBN: 0195050169Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | British Museum | Royal Anthropological Institute | Open Shelves | HB [LIT-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | L55089 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : human population biology and the concept of transdisciplinarity / Michael A. Little and Jere D. Haas. 1. Demography and population. Demography and human population biology : problems and progress / Paul W. Leslie and Timothy B. Gage; Demographic studies and human population biology / Timothy B, Gage ... [et al.]. 2. Genetics, epidemiology, and clinical medicine. Human adaptability and medical genetics / Charles Hoff, Ralph M. Garruto, and Norris M. Durham; Natural experimental models in human biology, epidemiology, and clinical medicine / Ralph M. Garruto ... [et al.]. 3. Physiology and the environment. An anthropological perspective on the study of work capacity / Charles A. Weitz ... [et al.]; Climatic physiology / Joel M. Hanna,Michael A. Little, and Donald M. Austin; Nutrition and human population biology / Jere D. Haas and David L. Pelletier. 4. The life cycle. New perspectives and directions in human biology and growth / Ivan G. Pawson, Carol Ballew, and James R. Bindon; The human population biology of aging / Cynthia M. Beall and Charles A. Weitz. 5. Transdisciplinary approaches to the study of human population biology. Developmental responses in the acquisition of functional adaptation to high altitude / A. Roberto Frisancho and Lawrence P. Greksa; Development of chest size and lung function at high altitude / Lawrence P. Greksa and Cynthia M. Beall; High altitude hematology : paradigm or enigma? / Carol Ballew, Ralph M. Garruto, and Jere D. Haas; Modernization and adiposity : causes and consequences / Stephen T. McGarvey ... [et al.]; Catecholamines and stress / Gary D. James, Douglas E. Crews, and Jay Pearson; Reflections on adaptive and ecological models / R. Brooke Thomas, Timothy B. Gage, and Michael A. Little.