Human Biology

This new and revised edition of the bestseller provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology. It covers all the major areas of human biology: Genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography.

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.

Auteur

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.

Texte du rabat
A comprehensive, expert-guided introduction to human biological study Human biology attempts to understand the extent of human biological variability, explain the mechanisms that create and pattern this variability, and relate it to health, disease, and the social issues that concern us all. A collaborative effort by members of the Human Biology Association, Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all the major areas of human biology: genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography. Extensively rewritten by chapter authors in close collaboration with the volume editors for consistent style and format, this newly updated edition explores variation through space and time from an evolutionary perspective and examines the effect of human culture on our biology. This Second Edition features: Comprehensively revised and newly illustrated content An increased emphasis on the ties between culture and human biology and on the increasingly multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the field * Pedagogical aids, including text boxes within the chapters explaining the methods that human biologists use, "Big Questions" lists, and recommended readings With sections covering heredity and patterned human variation; human adaptability; human biology and health; the human life course; and population dynamics, this extensive guide to human biology is an essential resource for all professionals and academics in the fields of human biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and population biology.

Contenu

PREFACE vii CONTRIBUTORS ix PART I INTRODUCTION 1 1. Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective 3 Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis O'Rourke, and Rebecca Huss-Ashmore 2. History of Human Biology in the United States of America 23 Francis E. Johnston and Michael A. Little PART II HEREDITY AND PATTERNED HUMAN VARIATION 51 3. An Introduction to Genetics 53 Mark L. Weiss and Justin Tackney 4. Genetics, Geography, and Human Variation 99 Dennis O'Rourke and Jake Enk 5. Quantitative Variation and Genetics 143 Lyle W. Konigsberg PART III HUMAN ADAPTABILITY 175 6. Human Adaptation to Climate: Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Altitude 177 Cynthia M. Beall, Nina G. Jablonski, and A. Theodore Steegmann, Jr. 7. Human Nutritional Evolution 251 William R. Leonard 8. Human Energetics 325 J. Josh Snodgrass PART IV HUMAN BIOLOGY AND HEALTH 385 9. The Epidemiology of Human Disease 387 Lisa Sattenspiel and Karen Slonim 10. Stress and Human Biology 459 Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James PART V THE HUMAN LIFE COURSE 513 11. Evolution of the Human Life Cycle 515 Barry Bogin and B. Holly Smith 12. Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors 587 Sara Stinson 13. Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation 637 Douglas E. Crews and Gillian H. Ice PART VI POPULATION DYNAMICS 693 14. Demography Part 1: Mortality and Migration 695 Timothy B. Gage, Sharon N. DeWitte, and James W. Wood 15. Demography Part 2: Population Growth and Fertility Regulation 757 Peter T. Ellison, Barry Bogin, and Mary T. O'Rourke GLOSSARY 805 INDEX 833