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Author : F. A. Milan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521222133
This study elucidates the biological and behavioural processes leading to the successful adaptation of circumpolar human populations.
Author : William R. Leonard,Michael H. Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521780160
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Author : Peter Bjerregaard,Peter Bjerregaard (M.D.),T. Kue Young
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 8716119053
As in previous editions, the aim of the third edition of this book is to provide guidance on the diagnosis and management of ocular motility disorders which is based on clinical experience. This edition sees a new team of authors who have kept very much to this principle in their nevertheless thorough revisionof the book. All chapters have been comprehensively revised and updated and a new chapter on an 'Introduction to concomitant strabismus'has been added. The immediate impact of this extensive revision can be seen in the improved page layout with increased use of diagrams and tables. There are also new sections on feigned visual loss in adults and children, and the management of residual defects, whilst the section on botulinum toxin treatment has been completely rewritten to take account of the great advances in this form of treatment."
Author : Michael A. Little,Jere D. Haas
Publisher : Research Monographs on Human P
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195050165
This book is a careful integration of the social and biological sciences, drawing on anthropology, biology, human ecology and medicine to provide a comprehensive understanding of how our species adapts to natural and man-made environments.
Author : Sara Stinson,Barry Bogin,Dennis H. O'Rourke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118108048
This comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology covers all the major areas of the field: genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography. Written by four expert authors working in close collaboration, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to provide undergraduate and graduate students with two new chapters: one on race and culture and their ties to human biology, and the other a concluding summary chapter highlighting the integration and intersection of the topics covered in the book.
Author : Roy J. Shephard,Andris Rode
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521474019
What are the health consequences of a transition from an active 'hunter-gatherer' lifestyle to that of sedentary modern living? In this book, the impact of 'modernization' is assessed in various populations in the circumpolar regions. The hazards of living in polar regions, and the adaptations shown culturally, behaviourally and physically by the indigenous peoples are examined and the effect of changes in habitual activity, diet, and general lifestyle due to more urban living patterns on the body composition, pulmonary function and susceptibility to disease discussed. The implications of this switch are important not only for all those concerned about the survival of indigenous communities around the world, but for all of us living in an increasingly sedentary, urban environment. Anthropologists, physiologists and those interested in population fitness will find this a comprehensive and valuable volume.
Author : D. A. Rokala,C. A. Meikljohn
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772821277
The Manitoba Masterfile, PBHD, is a bibliographic database maintained at the University of Manitoba. Currently, the database contains 6,000 entries relating to population biology, health and illness of Native North Americans. The present volume of 2,100 entries, 80% annotated, presents the Masterfile content on prehistoric, historic, and contemporary Native populations from within the geo-political boundaries of Canada. Research on related populations is reported only when the reports include Canadian content.
Author : Michael P Muehlenbein
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128026939
Basics in Human Evolution offers a broad view of evolutionary biology and medicine. The book is written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field. From evolutionary theory, to cultural evolution, this book fills gaps in the readers’ knowledge from various backgrounds and introduces them to thought leaders in human evolution research. Offers comprehensive coverage of the wide ranging field of human evolution Written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field Provides expertise from leading minds in the field Allows the reader the ability to gain exposure to various topics in one publication
Author : Stephen Molnar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317347712
Basic text for the sophomore/junior level course in Human Variation or Human Diversity taught anthropology or biology departments. This classic introduction to human variation, has been thoroughly updated to include the issues and controversies facing the contemporary study of diversity.
Author : Yuri Petrovich Altukhov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540254900
Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing ?elds of biological research over the past decades. This book compiles our current understanding of genetic processes in natural populations. In addition, the book provides the author’s original ideas and concepts based on the data obtained by himself and his close coworkers. The author introduces his pioneering concept of population genetic stability,and much of thebook is concerned with the factors and conditions of such stability. Why does genetic stability matter so much? Altukhov argues that the sustainable use of natural resources, including genetic resources of popu- tions, critically depends on the maintenance of their stability. The preser- tion of well-adapted genetic characteristics from one generation to the next is essential for this stability. Traditionally, population genetics has been - cusedonevolution andthe role of evolutionary factorsinshapinggenetic structures of populations. While the idea of a population as a dynamic unit of evolution has been widely accepted, the signi?cance of genetic stability and its implications for the long-term survival of populations and species have not been fully appreciated.
Author : Michael H. Crawford,James H. Mielke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461567691
This volume examines the interrelationship of ecology, subsistence pat terns, and the observed genetic variation in human populations. Hence, the book is divided conceptually into the following categories: nonhuman primates, hunters and gatherers, nomads, swidden agriculturalists, peas ant farmers, religious isolates, and modern and urban aggregates. While many of these populations have experienced (and are experiencing) ac culturation as a result of contact with technologically more advanced groups, the genetic structures described in this volume attempt to recon struct the traditional patterns as well as genetic changes because of con tact. Most chapters also integrate biological (genetic), social, and de mographic data within an ecological frame thus presenting a holistic view of the population structures of ecologically distinct groups. The first chapter examines the body of early nonhuman primate lit erature that emphasized ecological determinism in effecting the popula tion structure of our primate ancestors-relatives. It also examines more recent literature (since 1970) in which it became apparent that greater flexibility exists in primate social structure within specific environmental frameworks. Thus, it appears that our nonhuman primate evolutionary heritage is not one of ecological determinism in social organization but one of flexibility and rapid change suggesting the evolutionary success of our species is based upon a system of flexibility and that social ad aptations can be accomplished in a number of diverse ways.
Author : Michael P. Muehlenbein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139789004
Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human populations, reproductive physiology and behavior, growth and development, and human health from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. An introductory section provides readers with the historical, theoretical and methodological foundations needed to understand the more complex ideas presented later. Two hundred discussion questions provide starting points for class debate and assignments to test student understanding.
Author : Daniel E. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317347811
This text is intended for the sophomore level course in human variation/human biology taught in anthropology departments. It may also serve as a supplementary text in introductory physical anthropology courses. In addition to covering the standard topics for the course, it features contemporary topics in human biology such as the Human Genome Project, genetic engineering, the effects of stress, obesity and pollution.
Author : Alicia Sanchez-Mazas,Roger Blench,Malcolm D. Ross,Ilia Peiros,Marie Lin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134149636
The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the nature of evidence and the tools for correlating results from different disciplines. Drawing upon the latest evidence in genetics, linguistics and archaeology, this exciting new book examines the history of the peopling of East Asia, and investigates the ways in which we can detect migration, and its different markers in these fields of inquiry. Results from different academic disciplines are compared and reinterpreted in the light of evidence from others to attempt to try and generate consensus on methodology. Taking a broad geographical focus, the book also draws attention to the roles of minority peoples – hitherto underplayed in accounts of the region’s prehistory – such as the Austronesian, Tai-Kadai and Altaic speakers, whose contribution to the regional culture is now becoming accepted. Past Human Migrations in East Asia presents a full picture of the latest research on the peopling of East Asia, and will be of interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the peopling of East and North East Asia.
Author : Peter Bjerregaard,T. Kue Young
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781442691193
The Arctic regions are inhabited by diverse populations, both indigenous and non-indigenous. Health Transitions in Arctic Populations describes and explains changing health patterns in these areas, how particular patterns came about, and what can be done to improve the health of Arctic peoples. This study correlates changes in health status with major environmental, social, economic, and political changes in the Arctic. T. Kue Young and Peter Bjerregaard seek commonalities in the experiences of different peoples while recognizing their considerable diversity. They focus on five Arctic regions – Greenland, Northern Canada, Alaska, Arctic Russia, and Northern Fennoscandia, offering a general overview of the geography, history, economy, population characteristics, health status, and health services of each. The discussion moves on to specific indigenous populations (Inuit, Dene, and Sami), major health determinants and outcomes, and, finally, an integrative examination of what can be done to improve the health of circumpolar peoples. Health Transitions in Arctic Populations offers both an examination of key health issues in the north and a vision for the future of Arctic inhabitants.