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Human Variability and Plasticity

By C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor , Barry Bogin , G. A. Harrison

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
9780511600456, 0521453992, 0521018552, 0511600453, 9780521018555, 9780521453998
LCC
GN62.8 .H87 1995
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1469306 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Pages
256\255
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Plasticity refers to the ability of many organisms to change their biology or behavior to respond to changes in the environment. Humans are probably the most plastic of all species, and hence the most variable. This is the first book to examine the history of research in this area and it provides information on state-of-the-art research methods and discoveries. It also maps out some areas of future research in human plasticity and variability. Topics discussed include child growth, starvation, diseases of both young and old, and the effects of migration, modernization and other life-style changes. The book will be especially useful to biological anthropologists, human biologists and medical scientists interested in knowing more about how and why humans vary.

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