Bücher der Reihe Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series

This book examines the causes and consequences of different mating patterns in man with particular reference to historical, biological, medical and demographic factors. Each of these reference points are covered in carefully edited and integrated papers for advanced students and research workers in human biology and genetics.

The early environment in which we grow up has profound, long lasting, and often irreversible consequences for us throughout our lives. Here, the long-term consequences of early environment are investigated by a leading team of researchers in this accessible text for all those interested in human biology.

In this volume the knowledge of working capacity in tropical populations is reviewed in a series of illustrative papers. Topics cover the measurement of working capacity in populations: the functional consequences of malnutrition; growth, size and muscular efficiency; ethnic differences in working capacity; energy; expenditure and endemic disease; and energy flow in tropical ecosystems.

In this volume the knowledge of working capacity in tropical populations is reviewed in a series of illustrative papers. Topics cover the measurement of working capacity in populations: the functional consequences of malnutrition; growth, size and muscular efficiency; ethnic differences in working capacity; energy; expenditure and endemic disease; and energy flow in tropical ecosystems.

The early environment in which we grow up has profound, long lasting, and often irreversible consequences for us throughout our lives. Here, the long-term consequences of early environment are investigated by a leading team of researchers in this accessible text for all those interested in human biology.

Within the next few years most of the world's population will live in cities. This book investigates the consequences of urban-living so that the most deleterious effects can be avoided in future. It will be a must for all those interested in public health, human biology, anthropology and urban studies.

Physical 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. This topical volume will be of interest to human biologists, biological anthropologists, human physiologists, sports scientists, psychologists, and healthcare professionals.

This 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 nutritional factors affecting the growth of the infant, to endocrine and other factors affecting the growth of the child before and after adolescence.

This book explores how the study of isolated and migrant populations can help us to understand disease etiology and the ongoing evolution of Mankind.

This volume considers the genetic diversity of human populations, particularly in the tropics.

Distinguished contributors, from nutritionists to anthropologists, examine the ways in which nutrition may affect sociocultural circumstances and how the causation and distribution of disease is linked to anthropological factors.

Fertility in animals reflects access to scarce resources, such as food and territory. In humans the situation is more complex. In this book, the gap between socio-ecology and population demography is bridged, by showing how animals and humans adjust their fertility to environmental conditions.

This book reviews why measures of biological variation have long been associated with the indices of social inequality.

This volume explores the factors in Third World cities that affect human biology and health.

Seasonality has effects on a wide range of human functions and activities. This book examines the effects of climatic and human-made seasonality on a range of functions and activities, including hominid evolution, human physiology, fertility and physical growth, death, disease, food and nutrition.

The processes that control senescence have been the subject of more then a century of serious biological research. Two institutions closely involved in this programme held a joint symposium in 1984 to consider human ageing and longevity from an interdisciplinary point of view. The fundamental nature of the subject will generate interest across a wide range of biological and medical disciplines.

Body composition assessment is used in a range of fields including nutrition, sports science, and medical physics. In this volume, newer techniques are evaluated alongside those more established. Little background knowledge is assumed, making the book accessible to students, researchers and professionals.

Within the next few years most of the world's population will live in cities. This book investigates the consequences of urban-living so that the most deleterious effects can be avoided in future. It will be a must for all those interested in public health, human biology, anthropology and urban studies.

This book reviews why measures of biological variation have long been associated with the indices of social inequality.

Seasonality has effects on a wide range of human functions and activities. This book examines the effects of climatic and human-made seasonality on a range of functions and activities, including hominid evolution, human physiology, fertility and physical growth, death, disease, food and nutrition.

Physical 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. This topical volume will be of interest to human biologists, biological anthropologists, human physiologists, sports scientists, psychologists, and healthcare professionals.

This volume explores the factors in Third World cities that affect human biology and health.

Fertility in animals reflects access to scarce resources, such as food and territory. In humans the situation is more complex. In this book, the gap between socio-ecology and population demography is bridged, by showing how animals and humans adjust their fertility to environmental conditions.

Molecular studies of human diversity and origins are receiving increasing attention. Evidence from nuclear DNA and from archaic populations has given insights into the field. This 1996 volume discusses the importance of these new methods and findings for human biology, molecular biology and genetics.

Molecular studies of human diversity and origins are receiving increasing attention. Evidence from nuclear DNA and from archaic populations has given insights into the field. This 1996 volume discusses the importance of these new methods and findings for human biology, molecular biology and genetics.

This 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 nutritional factors affecting the growth of the infant, to endocrine and other factors affecting the growth of the child before and after adolescence.

This volume considers the genetic diversity of human populations, particularly in the tropics.

Body composition assessment is used in a range of fields including nutrition, sports science, and medical physics. In this volume, newer techniques are evaluated alongside those more established. Little background knowledge is assumed, making the book accessible to students, researchers and professionals.

This book explores how the study of isolated and migrant populations can help us to understand disease etiology and the ongoing evolution of Mankind.