Human Energetics In Biological Anthropology

Author : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521432955
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology written by Stanley J. Ulijaszek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at energy intake, expenditure and balance in traditional subsistence populations.

Author : C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521453992
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Variability and Plasticity written by C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-07-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plasticity refers to the ability of many organisms to change their biology or behaviour to respond to changes in the environment, particularly when these are stressful. Humans are, perhaps, the most plastic of all species, and hence the most variable. This book reflects on the history of research in this area, state-of-the-art research methods and discoveries and needs for future research in human plasticity and variability. Topics discussed include child growth, starvation, disease of both young and old and the effects of migration, modernisation and other life-style changes. The book will be especially useful to biological anthropologists, human biologists and medical scientists interested in knowing more about how and why humans vary.

Author : Michael A. Little
Publisher : WCB/McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology, Energetics, and Human Variability written by Michael A. Little and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1976 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Parkin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857451529
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holistic Anthropology written by David Parkin and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the broad reach of anthropology as the science of humankind, there are times when the subject fragments into specialisms and times when there is rapprochement. Rather than just seeing them as reactions to each other, it is perhaps better to say that both tendencies co-exist and that it is very much a matter of perspective as to which is dominant at any moment. The perspective adopted by the contributors to this volume is that some anthropologists have, over the last decade or so, been paying considerable attention to developments in the study of social and biological evolution and of material culture, and that this has brought social, material cultural and biological anthropologists closer to each other and closer to allied disciplines such as archaeology and psychology. A more eclectic anthropology once characteristic of an earlier age is thus re-emerging. The new holism does not result from the merging of sharply distinguished disciplines but from among anthropologists themselves who see social organization as fundamentally a problem of human ecology, and, from that, of material and mental creativity, human biology, and the co-evolution of society and culture. It is part of a wider interest beyond anthropology in the origins and rationale of human activities, claims and beliefs, and draws on inferential or speculative reasoning as well as 'hard' evidence. The book argues that, while usefully borrowing from other subjects, all such reasoning must be grounded in prolonged, intensive and linguistically-informed fieldwork and comparison.

Author : P. Rudan
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848262264
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physical (Biological) Anthropology written by P. Rudan and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical (Biological) Anthropology theme is a component of Encyclopedia Of Biological, Physiological And Health Sciences (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.

Author : John Relethford
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780073531014
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology written by John Relethford and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces physical anthropology, the science of human biological evolution and variation. Divided into four parts, it addresses the major questions that concern biological anthropologists--"What are humans?" "Where are our origins?" "How did we evolve, and are we still evolving?" and "What does the future hold for the human species?--with an emphasis on hypothesis testing and the relationship between biology and culture.

Author : Gabriel Ward Lasker
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328408
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happenings and Hearsay written by Gabriel Ward Lasker and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the founders of modern human biology and physical anthropology, Gabriel W. Lasker holds a well-established place in the history of science. In a classic article published in Science in 1969, Lasker advanced the idea of plasticity, the process of human adaptation to stressful environments by a series of modifications to the body during the course of physical growth and development. This concept was a factor that led the scientific community to give up its reliance on the notion of genetically fixed racial types. As he documents the rapidly changing field of anthropology and some of its leading figures, Lasker gives his readers a peek inside the lives of people who have defined what it means to be human -- and one of those people is himself.

Author : Michael A. Little
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780739135112
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century written by Michael A. Little and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology--or, as it is now known, biological anthropology--from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors trace the development of people, ideas, traditions, and organizations that contributed to the advancement of this branch of anthropology that focuses today on human variation and human evolution. Designed for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional biological anthropologists, this book provides a brief and accessible history of the biobehavioral side of anthropology in America.

Author : Sara Stinson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118108043
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Biology written by Sara Stinson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Written by four expert authors working in close collaboration, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to provide undergraduate and graduate students with two new chapters: one on race and culture and their ties to human biology, and the other a concluding summary chapter highlighting the integration and intersection of the topics covered in the book.

Author : Janet Chrzan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178533364X
Total Pages : 795 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition written by Janet Chrzan and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic increase in all things food in popular and academic fields during the last two decades has generated a diverse and dynamic set of approaches for understanding the complex relationships and interactions that determine how people eat and how diet affects culture. These volumes offer a comprehensive reference for students and established scholars interested in food and nutrition research in Nutritional and Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology, Food Studies and Applied Public Health.