Applications of Biological Anthropology to Human Affairs

Zusammenfassung The unique contribution made by biological anthropology to human welfare lies in the fundamental understanding it can provide to the dynamic interrelationships between physical and social factors. By understanding these patterns! this book helps us interpret the significance of variation in such measures of human well-being in terms of the incidence of disease and mortality rate. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction G. W. Lasker; 2. Reproductive ecology and human fertility P. T. Ellison; 3. Nutritional status: its measurement and relation to health C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor; 4. Pollution and human growth: lead, noise, polychlorobiphenol compounds, and toxic wastes L. M. Schell; 5. Human physiological adaptation to high altitude environments L. P. Greksa; 6. Darwinian fitness, physical fitness and physical activity R. M. Malina; 7. Human evolution and the genetic epidemiology of chronic degenerative diseases D. E. Crews and G. D. James; 8. The biology of human aging W. A. Stini; Literature cited; Index.

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• Authors: C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas Lasker Mascie-Taylor
• Assisted by: R. A. Foley (Editor), Gabriel W. Lasker (Editor), C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521019354
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01935-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Biologica
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology