Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution / / ed. by William A. Stini.
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©1979 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (525 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- I-IV
- General Editor's Preface
- Introduction
- SECTION ONE Phenotypic Variation Among Human Populations
- Skin Color Variability in the Middle East
- Factor Analysis of Anthropometric Data for Fifteen Race-Age-National Origin Specific Groups
- Certain Problems of Ethnic Anthropology in Southwest Asia in the Light of the Latest Research
- Recent Anthropological Data on the Ammassalimiut Eskimo of East Greenland: Comparative Studies
- Natural Selection and Physical Adaptation to a Biotype of Tropical Africa
- Territorial Morphofunctional Studies in the Soviet Union: the Problem of Adaptive Types
- Adaptation of Morphology to Climate in Central Africa
- The Differential Geography of Races
- Blood Levels of Some Biochemical Components among Negroid Individuals with Hemoglobin A and AS
- Genogeography of Blood Factors in the Transcaucasus
- Morphological Peculiarities of the Body Frame in Different Ethnoterritorial Groups
- Effects of Isolation on Genetic Variability: Macaque Populations as Model Systems
- SECTION TWO Growth and Development
- Introduction
- Variations in Female Physique
- Body Composition of Japanese Children: Factor Analysis of Development
- Genetics of Human Morphological Characters
- Lean Body Mass in Young, Adult, and Advanced Age Groups
- Skeletal Maturation of Japanese-American Hybrids
- Growth and Environment Studies in Czechoslovakia
- Some Biosocial Determinants of the Growth, Healthy and Nutritional Status of Papua New Guinean Preschool Children
- Processes of Human Growth in High Altitudes
- Research on Puberty in Haiti
- The Development of Gypsy Children in Changing Living Conditions
- The Relationship Between Human Body Constitution, Longevity, Disease, and Causes of Death
- One of the Factors of Brachycephalization over the Centuries: The Susceptibility of Dolichocephals to Tuberculosis
- A Study of Morphological Variables and Genetic Markers in Urban and Rural South African Negro Male Populations
- Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example
- Progressive Decline in Stature in India: A Study of Sixty Population Groups
- A Study of Height, Weight, and Arm Girth Measurements of Punjabi Males
- Nutrition and Pregnancy
- The Age at Menarche in Venezuelan Students Residing in Metropolitan Caracas
- The Relevance of Nourishment to the Reproductive Cycle of the Female in India
- An Anatomical View of Demographic Data: Biomass, Fat Mass, and Lean Body Mass of the United States and Mexican Human Populations
- Individual Differences in Skeletal Muscle Fiber Composition
- Adaptive Strategies of Human Populations under Nutritional Stress
- SECTION THREE Effects of Chromosomal Variation on Human Development
- Comments on the Effects of Chromosomal Variation on Human Development
- The XX Male and the XY Female in Humans
- Hormonal Factors in Formative Processes
- Polyploidy in Humans and Other Vertebrates
- Biographical Notes
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects