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Human biology
hardcover. Seeks to represent the order in nature by discriminating a hierarchical system and defining the logical boundaries of the concepts inherent in this system (such as time, causality, complexity, partitioning, scale, and polarity). This book describes the principles of hierarchical structure. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036040
- ISBN
- 9780231060165
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardback. Offers a social history of Chinese paleoanthropology and a cultural - and at times comparative - history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. Focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, this book offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738598
- ISBN
- 9780226738598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.66
€ 137.66
Paperback. Offers a social history of Chinese paleoanthropology and a cultural - and at times comparative - history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. Focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, this book offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738604
- ISBN
- 9780226738604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. An explanation of what happens to us when we die. The author, a surgeon with more than 30 years' experience, describes in detail the processes which take place in the body and sets out to strip away many illusions about death. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; PD; PSX; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099476412
- ISBN
- 9780099476412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Hardback. Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 661. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781477311387
- ISBN
- 9781477311387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93
€ 94.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311394
- ISBN
- 9781477311394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.33
€ 30.99
€ 27.33
Hardcover. Series: Culture & Technology S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JH; PSAK; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- NULL
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816511952
- ISBN
- 9780816511952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.48
€ 52.48
Hardcover. The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission.. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454227
- ISBN
- 9781845454227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.48
€ 156.48
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459879
- ISBN
- 9780857459879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.48
€ 156.48
Paperback. * Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation * Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe * Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world . Editor(s): Agarwal, Sabrina C.; Glencross, Bonnie A. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337679
- ISBN
- 9781444337679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.81
€ 59.81
Hardback. * Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation * Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe * Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world . Editor(s): Agarwal, Sabrina C.; Glencross, Bonnie A. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191876
- ISBN
- 9781405191876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.38
€ 140.38
Hardback. Synthesizes a vast literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. The author refutes the theory that we are sophisticated, instinctively aggressive and destructive killer apes. Num Pages: 934 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVW79; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Edition
- null
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 934
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073166
- ISBN
- 9780674073166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.89
€ 133.89
Hardcover. Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that are unique to this historical moment. At the same time biomedicine is under scrutiny, experiencing a number of distinct and multifaceted crises. Editor(s): Moore, Ronnie; McClean, Stuart. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; PSXM; VXH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456726
- ISBN
- 9781845456726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.89
€ 155.89
Hardback. The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies. The chapters cover a range of ethnographic areas and examine notions of personhood, agency, uncertainty and control among other questions. Editor(s): Littlewood, Roland; Lynch, Rebecca. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331770
- ISBN
- 9781785331770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.05
€ 156.05
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins, analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shape their work. The stories of the Taung Child and Neanderthal Man provide the background to the modern search for an exploration of how and where humans evolved. Num Pages: 366 pages, 70 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476513
- ISBN
- 9780226476513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. The readership for this book has historically been the upper-undergraduate/graduate level. Professors who wish to bring in more on human evolution, which has increasingly become an important topic in evolutionary biology, genetics and developmental biology courses, will assign this book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 235. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405103787
- ISBN
- 9781405103787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.65
€ 70.65
paperback. This book introduces students to the key concepts and debates surrounding the relationship between bodily boundaries, abject materiality and spaces. It uses interviews, focus group data and case studies and will critically engage the students. Series: Critical Geographies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; PSX; RGC; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415189675
- ISBN
- 9780415189675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.19
€ 74.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: VS; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Energy Psychology Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition,First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604150629
- ISBN
- 9781604150629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.98
€ 17.99
€ 17.98
Hardcover. This work examines the fundamental processes of the eye, looking at its constituant parts and describing how they work together in different types of conditions, and how they are controlled by the brain. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sinauer Associates
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878937578
- ISBN
- 9780878937578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 286.90
€ 286.90
Paperback. Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified, human behaviors. Our earthiest instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMP; JMM; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284135
- ISBN
- 9780674284135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. Prehistoric settlements Num Pages: 176 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; HDD; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 263 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425474
- ISBN
- 9780752425474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Proposes a solution to a fundamental debate in contemporary ethnography: the source of ethnographic authority. The author advocates the method of reflexive analysis as a way of making ethnography a more scientific endeavor. He challenges standards of ethnographic practice in data collection, analysis and presentation. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102750
- ISBN
- 9780759102750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.11
€ 68.11
Hardback. Proposes a solution to a fundamental debate in contemporary ethnography: the source of ethnographic authority. The author advocates the method of reflexive analysis as a way of making ethnography a more scientific endeavor. He challenges standards of ethnographic practice in data collection, analysis and presentation. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102743
- ISBN
- 9780759102743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.44
€ 158.44
Paperback. This work looks at the hominid species that lived and flourished for around one million years before and, in some cases, after the evolution of modern humans some 200,000 years ago. It also investigates how, when, where and why the modern human species appeared and in due course became dominant. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205289
- ISBN
- 9780631205289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.52
€ 72.52