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. Ed(S): Gibson, Mhairi A.; Lawson, David W. - Applied Evolutionary Anthropology - 9781493954964 - V9781493954964
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Applied Evolutionary Anthropology

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Description for Applied Evolutionary Anthropology Paperback. Editor(s): Gibson, Mhairi A.; Lawson, David W. Series: Advances in the Evolutionary Analysis of Human Behaviour. Num Pages: 314 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.

As a species, we are currently experiencing dramatic shifts in our lifestyle, family structure, health, and global contact. Evolutionary Anthropology provides a powerful theoretical framework to study such changes, revealing how current environments and legacies of past selection shape human diversity. This book is the first major review of the emerging field of Applied Evolutionary Anthropology bringing together the work of an international group of evolutionary scientists, addressing many of the major public health and social issues of this century. Through a series of case studies that span both rural and urban situations in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Advances in the Evolutionary Analysis of Human Behaviour
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493954964
SKU
V9781493954964
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About . Ed(S): Gibson, Mhairi A.; Lawson, David W.
Dr Mhairi A Gibson Mhairi A. Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on the application of evolutionary anthropology to health and social issues in the less developed world, combining anthropological and demographic methodologies with theoretical frameworks from evolutionary biology. She has undertaken fieldwork across Africa; over the ... Read more

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