Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human populations, reproductive physiology and behavior, growth and development, and human health from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. An introductory section provides readers with the historical, theoretical and methodological foundations needed to understand the more complex ideas presented later. Two hundred discussion questions provide starting points for class debateand assignments to test student understanding. INDICE: Preface; Part I. Theory and Methods: 1. Evolutionary theory Douglas J. Futuyma; 2. The study of human adaptation A. Roberto Frisancho; 3. History of the study of human biology Michael A. Little; 4. Genetics in human biology Robert J. Meier and Jennifer A. Raff; 5. Demography James Holland Jones; 6. History, methods, and general applications of anthropometry in human biology Noel Cameron and Laura L. Jones; 7. Energy expenditure and body composition: history, methods and inter-relationships Peter S. W. Davies and Alexia J. Murphy; 8. Evolutionary endocrinology Richard G. Bribiescas and Michael P. Muehlenbein; 9. Ethical considerations for human biology research Trudy R. Turner; Commentary: a primer on human subjects applications and informed consents Michael P. Muehlenbein; Part II. Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation: 10. Body size andshape: climatic and nutritional influences on human body morphology William Leonard and Peter T. Katzmarzyk; 11. Human adaptation to high altitude Tom D. Brutsaert; 12. Skin coloration Nina G. Jablonski; 13. Classic markers of human variation Robert J. Meier; 14. DNA markers of human variation Michael E. Steiper; 15. Ten facts about human variation Jonathan Marks; 16. The evolution and endocrinology of human behavior: a focus on sex differences and reproduction Peter B. Gray; Part III. Reproduction: 17. Human mate choice David P. Schmitt; 18. Mate choice, the major histocompatibility complex, and offspring viabilityClaus Wedekind and Guillaume Evanno; 19. Why women differ in ovarian function: genetic polymorphism, developmental conditions and adult lifestyle Grazyna Jasienska; 20. Pregnancy and lactation Ivy L. Pike and Lauren A. Milligan; 21. Male reproduction: physiology, behavior and ecology Michael P. Muehlenbein andRichard G. Bribiescas; Part IV. Growth and Development: 22. Evolution of human growth Barry Bogin; 23. Variation in human growth patterns due to environmental factors Stanley J. Ulijaszek; 24. Evolutionary biology of hormonal responses to social challenges in the human child Mark V. Flinn; 25. Human biology, energetics and the human brain Benjamin C. Campbell; 26. Embodied capital and extra-somatic wealth in human evolution and human history Jane B. Lancaster andHillard S. Kaplan; Part V. Health and Disease: 27. Evolutionary medicine, immunity and infectious disease Michael P. Muehlenbein; 28. Complex chronic diseases in evolutionary perspective S. Boyd Eaton; 29. Evolutionary medicine and the causes of chronic disease Paul W. Ewald; 30. Beyond feast-famine: brain evolution, human life history and the metabolic syndrome Christopher W. Kuzawa; 31. Human longevity and senescence Douglas E. Crews and James A. Stewart; 32. Evolutionary psychiatry: mental disorders and behavioral evolution Brant Wenegrat; 33. Industrial pollutants and human evolution Lawrence M. Schell; 34. Acculturation and health Thomas W. McDade and Colleen H. Nyberg; Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-70510-3
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés