Human Variability and Plasticity
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521018552
ISBN-13
9780521018555
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 22nd, 2005
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
397 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
AnthropologyPhysical anthropologyHuman biology
Ksh 6,900.00
Manufactured on Demand
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
Most animals are capable of altering their biology or behaviour to respond plastically to changes in their environment. Humans are perhaps the most plastic of all species, and this book examines how human variability is affected by such factors as starvation, disease, child growth and migration.
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.
Get Human Variability and Plasticity by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Cambridge University Press and it has pages.
