Human Biology An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective

by Stinson, Sara; Bogin, Barry; O'Rourke, Dennis H.

• ISBN13: 9780470179642
• ISBN10: 0470179643
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 Biography

Sara Stinson is Professor of Anthropology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The main focus of her research is on factors that lead to variation in growth among living human populations. She currently serves as Editor of the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.

Barry Bogin is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. His research interests are in social and cultural factors affecting human growth and the evolution of the human growth pattern. Among his publications are The Growth of Humanity (2001, Wiley) and Patterns of Human Growth (second edition, 1999, Cambridge University Press).

Dennis O’Rourke is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. His research focuses on population and evolutionary genetics, ancient DNA, and genetic epidemiology. He served as editor of Human Biology from 1999-2003.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective	p. 3
History of Human Biology in the United States of America	p. 23
Heredity and Patterned Human Variation	p. 51
An Introduction to Genetics	p. 53
Genetics, Geography, and Human Variation	p. 99
Quantitative Variation and Genetics	p. 143
Human Adaptability	p. 175
Human Adaptation to Climate: Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Altitude	p. 177
Human Nutritional Evolution	p. 251
Human Energetics	p. 325
Human Biology and Health	p. 385
The Epidemiology of Human Disease	p. 387
Stress and Human Biology	p. 459
The Human Life Course	p. 513
Evolution of the Human Life Cycle	p. 515
Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factois	p. 587
Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation	p. 637
Population Dynamics	p. 693
Demography Part 1: Mortality and Migration	p. 695
Demography Part 2: Population Growth and Fertility Regulation	p. 757
Glossary	p. 805
Index	p. 833
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