Human Variation: From the Laboratory to the Field

ISBN-13: 9781420084719 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 317 str.

C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor; Akira Yasukouchi; Stanley Ulijaszek

Opis

Unique in its approach, this work updates our understanding of human variation by employing both laboratory and field perspectives. Written by a team of scientists representing four continents, it reviews the way we examine and analyze human variation with special reference to genetics, growth and development, and physiology.

Recenzje

...the volume contains many useful summary chapters that would be valuable in a graduate level course and many chapters that would be of interest to those interested in the history of human biology or in learning more about different approaches to the study of human variation.
--Sara Stinson, Queens College, CUNY, USA, American Journal of Human Biology, 2011

Spis treści

Factors and Forces Influencing Human Variation. Genetics of Body Weight and Obesity. Diversity of Human Adaptability to Environments: A Physiological Anthropology Perspective. Tissue and Cell Adaptability to Physical and Chemical Factors. Human Adaptation to Natural and Artificial Light: Variation in Circadian Photosensitivity. Effect of Environmental Light on Human Gastrointestinal Activity: From Laboratory Study to Fieldwork. Cold Tolerance and Lifestyle in Modern Society. Human Adaptability to Emotional and Intellectual Mental Stresses. Impact of Pollution on Physiological Systems: Taking Science from the Laboratory to the Field.Bridging the Gap between Laboratory Trials and the Reality of the Human in Context. Geography, Migration, Climate, and Environmental Plasticity as Contributors to Human Variation. From a History of Anthropometry to Anthropometric History. Growth and Maturation: Interactions and Sources of Variation. Bone Health and Body Composition Measurement in Older People: Challenges Imposed by Variability. Research Designs and Statistical Methods in Both Laboratory and Field Settings. Impact of Natural Environmental Stressors on Physiological and Morphological Processes: Methodological Approaches in the Field and Laboratory.

O autorze

C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, Akira Yasukouchi, Stanley Ulijaszek