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Primate Neuroethology by Michael L. Platt 9780199929245
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Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates by Diane K. Brockman 9780521820691
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Human Population Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives by Helen Macbeth 9780521808651
RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $238.18In human populations, biological, social, spatial, ecological and economic aspects of existence are inextricably linked, demanding a holistic approach to their study. Many undergraduate and postgraduate courses now emphasise the value of studying human...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $238.18Subtotal:$0.00 -
Primate Males: Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition by Peter M. Kappeler 9780521658461
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $76.02The size and composition of primate groups varies tremendously across species, within species, and within groups over time. The most variable quantity is the number of adult males. In some groups, single males can monopolize access to several females,... -
Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution by Haim Ofek 9780521623995
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $194.02Was exchange an early agent of human evolution or is it merely an artefact of modern civilisation? Spanning two million years of human evolution, this book explores the impact of economics on human evolution and natural history. The theory of evolution...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $194.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Countries by L. M. Schell 9780521620970
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Primate Communities by J. G. Fleagle 9780521620444
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $194.02Although the behaviour and ecology of primates have been more thoroughly studied than that of any other group of mammals, there have been very few attempts to compare the communities of living primates found in different parts of the world. In Primate...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $194.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Human Senescence: Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspectives by Douglas E. Crews 9780521571739
RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02Much research on the biology of senescence is on cell-lines, nematodes or fruit flies, that are only of peripheral relevance to the problems encountered in humans. Human Senescence is a text which reviews the evolutionary biology of human senescence and...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Sex, Gender and Health by Tessa M. Pollard 9780521592826
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39It is widely recognised that men and women in societies all over the world have very different experiences of sickness and health. This collection brings together biological and social anthropologists whose work illustrates how these sub-disciplines have...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39Subtotal:$0.00 -
Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications by Michael H. Crawford 9780521546973
RRP: $132.28Booksplease Price: $108.55Anthropological genetics is a field that has been in existence since the 1960s and has been growing within medical schools and academic departments, such as anthropology and human biology, ever since. With the recent developments in DNA and computer...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $132.28Booksplease Price: $108.55Subtotal:$0.00 -
Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization by Bernard Thierry 9780521521680
RRP: $107.08Booksplease Price: $88.22Animal and human societies are multifaceted. In order to understand how they have evolved, it is necessary to investigate each of the constituent facets including individual abilities and personalities, life-history traits, mating systems, demographic... -
Variability in Human Fertility by Lyliane Rosetta 9780521495691
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $194.94It is widely believed that reproductive cycles are very similar between human females. However, there are in fact considerable variations both between individuals and within the reproductive life of any given individual. 'Normal' reproductive cycles...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $194.94Subtotal:$0.00 -
Reaching into Thought: The Minds of the Great Apes by Anne E. Russon 9780521471688
RRP: $283.50Booksplease Price: $239.02What special qualities of mind set the great apes apart from other nonhuman primates, and indeed from ourselves? In this book, field and laboratory researchers show that the great apes have high level abilities in both social and ecological domains,...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $283.50Booksplease Price: $239.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Research Strategies in Human Biology: Field and Survey Studies by Gabriel Ward Lasker 9780521431880
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39This book is about doing research, not about the results obtained. Those engaged on their first research may have had plenty of preparation about the techniques and results of prior research related to their proposed study, but may have limited knowledge...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39Subtotal:$0.00 -
Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World by Lawrence M. Schell 9780521411592
RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02This volume looks at the relationship between specific aspects of Third World cities and human health. Rapid and extensive urbanization of the less developed nations is perhaps the most dramatic demographic phenomenon of our times, but its impact on...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
The New Anthropomorphism by John S. Kennedy 9780521410649
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $193.39In this 1992 book, John Kennedy's point is that explicit anthropomorphism was well-nigh killed by fierce criticism from the radical Behaviourists, but that we have to recognize that today there is a new anthropomorphism which is much harder to avoid...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $193.39Subtotal:$0.00 -
Body Composition Techniques in Health and Disease by P. S. W. Davies 9780521461795
RRP: $279.30Booksplease Price: $239.02Body composition studies are used in a wide variety of fields including human biology, medicine, sports science, epidemiology and nutrition. They may be used to predict later body composition from childhood measures, bone density loss in athletes under...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $279.30Booksplease Price: $239.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology by Stanley J. Ulijaszek 9780521432955
RRP: $243.60Booksplease Price: $215.61Many aspects of human activity involve energy transfer of some type. Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology considers various ways in which measurements of energy intake, expenditure and balance have been used to study human populations by...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $243.60Booksplease Price: $215.61Subtotal:$0.00 -
Growth, Maturation, and Body Composition: The Fels Longitudinal Study 1929-1991 by Alex F. Roche 9780521374491
RRP: $256.20Booksplease Price: $214.52Growth, Maturation and Body Composition documents one of the most remarkable and significant studies in the field of human biology. The Fels Longitudinal Study is the longest, largest and most productive serial study of human growth, maturation and body...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $256.20Booksplease Price: $214.52Subtotal:$0.00 -
Body Composition in Biological Anthropology by Roy J. Shephard 9780521362672
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $214.52This volume provides a thought-provoking perspective on the empirical and analytic study of body form and composition. The techniques used for measuring body components such as fat, water, lean tissue, bone mass and bone density are evaluated against...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $214.52Subtotal:$0.00 -
Human Adult Odontometrics: The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size by Julius A. Kieser 9780521353908
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39An appreciation of the genetic and environmental determinants of tooth size is fundamental to an understanding of the metric variation of teeth in humans. Thus, besides imparting a sound knowledge of the theories of dental inheritance, development and...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $193.39Subtotal:$0.00 -
Genetic Variation and its Maintenance by Derek F. Roberts 9780521332576
RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02This volume considers the genetic variability of human populations, particularly in the tropics: its origins and maintenance, and its contribution to the phenotypic variability of complex characters. The first section deals with the ways of analysing...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $266.70Booksplease Price: $239.02Subtotal:$0.00 -
Capacity for Work in the Tropics by K. J. Collins 9780521118637
RRP: $73.48Booksplease Price: $59.12Working capacity is the physiological key to understanding man's ability, in technically less advanced communities, to exploit his environment, and hence to understanding his role in the ecological balance. In this volume the knowledge of working... -
Variability in Human Fertility by Lyliane Rosetta 9780521117944
RRP: $73.48Booksplease Price: $59.12It is widely believed that reproductive cycles are very similar between human females. However, there are in fact considerable variations both between individuals and within the reproductive life of any given individual. 'Normal' reproductive cycles... -
Human Physiological Work Capacity by R. J. Shephard 9780521112642
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The Biology of Human Ageing by A. H. Bittles 9780521112611
RRP: $73.48Booksplease Price: $59.12The processes that control senescence have been the subject of more then a century of serious biological research. Two institutions closely involved in this programme, the Society for the Study of Human Biology and the British Society for Research in... -
Diet and Disease: In Traditional and Developing Societies by Geoffrey Ainsworth Harrison 9780521104722
RRP: $100.78Booksplease Price: $83.52The relationship between diet and those diseases caused by, or related to, poor nutrition is influenced by anthropological and physiological factors. This volume, first published in 1990 and based on a symposium organised in collaboration with the... -
Hormones, Health and Behaviour: A Socio-ecological and Lifespan Perspective by Catherine Panter-Brick 9780521103756
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Isolation, Migration and Health by Derek F. Roberts 9780521064828
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Human Adult Odontometrics: The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size by Julius A. Kieser 9780521064590
RRP: $92.38Booksplease Price: $77.43An appreciation of the genetic and environmental determinants of tooth size is fundamental to an understanding of the metric variation of teeth in humans. Thus, besides imparting a sound knowledge of the theories of dental inheritance, development and... -
Genetic Variation and its Maintenance by Derek F. Roberts 9780521064576
RRP: $86.08Booksplease Price: $75.39This volume considers the genetic variability of human populations, particularly in the tropics: its origins and maintenance, and its contribution to the phenotypic variability of complex characters. The first section deals with the ways of analysing... -
Physical Activity and Health by Nicholas G. Norgan 9780521067461
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $75.39Physical activity and exercise affect many dimensions of health. This book presents a wide-ranging account of the key issues of the biology of physical activity and health. The context is set by considering the comparative and temporal aspects of... -
The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence by Anne E. Russon 9780521039925
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $69.91Research on the evolution of higher intelligence rarely combines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychology. In this volume we seek to do just that, synthesizing the approaches of hominoid cognition, psychology, language studies, ecology,... -
The Evolution and Genetics of Latin American Populations by Francisco M. Salzano 9780521022392
RRP: $128.08Booksplease Price: $114.43The human genetic make-up of Latin America is a reflection of successive waves of colonization and immigration. To date there have been few works dealing with the biology of human populations at a continental scale, and while much information is...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $128.08Booksplease Price: $114.43Subtotal:$0.00 -
The Physiology of Human Growth by James Mourilyan Tanner 9780521344104
RRP: $243.60Booksplease Price: $215.61This two-day symposium in the annual Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series covers a wide spectrum of growth physiology, and presents a state-of-the-art review of human auxology, from factors affecting cellular growth, through...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $243.60Booksplease Price: $215.61Subtotal:$0.00 -
Fertility and Resources by John Landers 9780521103039
RRP: $73.48Booksplease Price: $59.12Fertility in animals reflects access to scarce resources, such as food and territory. In humans the situation is more complex. Patterns of breast feeding, contraception and ideas about age at marriage and desired family size all affect fertility. The... -
Dental Functional Morphology: How Teeth Work by Peter W. Lucas 9780521035408
RRP: $107.08Booksplease Price: $90.24Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Providing an analysis of tooth action based on an understanding of how food particles break, it... -
Surnames and Genetic Structure by Gabriel Ward Lasker 9780521302852
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $160.59Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $160.59Subtotal:$0.00 -
Body Composition Techniques in Health and Disease by P. S. W. Davies 9780521031929
RRP: $94.48Booksplease Price: $83.52Body composition studies are used in a wide variety of fields including human biology, medicine, sports science, epidemiology and nutrition. They may be used to predict later body composition from childhood measures, bone density loss in athletes under... -
Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans: Developmental Perspectives by Sue Taylor Parker 9780521025911
RRP: $104.98Booksplease Price: $88.22Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans, a collection of original articles on self-awareness in monkeys, apes, humans, and other species, focuses on controversies about how to measure self-awareness, which species are capable of self-awareness and which are...