Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution / / ed. by William A. Stini.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
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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