Human Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9780367718398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 174 str.

Howard Morphy; G. A. Harrison

Opis

This book examines the concept of adaptation in four major fields in the human sciences. Genetic aspects are first considered through an examination of the human genes which have so far been identified as conferring survival value in particular environmental circumstances. The drift versus selection argument is also fully reviewed.

Spis treści

List of contributors, 1. GENETIC ADAPTATION, 2. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION, 3. BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATION, 4. CULTURAL ADAPTATION, Index

O autorze

G. A. Harrison University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College Howard Morphy Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research,Australian National University