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Human biology
Hardback. Human evolution explains how we have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issues of modern living; depression, obesity, and environmental destruction, can be understood in relation to our evolutionary past. An awareness of this past and its relation to the present can help limit their impact on the future. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 204 x 32. Weight in Grams: 484. Modern Living and Human Evolution. 408 pages, 12 figures. Human evolution explains how we have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issues of modern living; depression, obesity, and environmental destruction, can be understood in relation to our evolutionary past. An awareness of this past and its relation to the present can help limit their impact on the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Dimension: 143 x 204 x 32. Weight: 484.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201828
- ISBN
- 9780230201828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH; PSAJ; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388886
- ISBN
- 9780195388886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Hardback. This text brings together psychologists studying cognitive skill in animal and human subjects. The discussion focuses on behavioural, cognitive, psychobiological, and computational approaches to understanding the integration of ongoing behaviour. Editor(s): Fountain, Stephen B.; Bunsey, Michael D.; Danks, Joseph H.; McBeath, Michael K. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSVP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375906
- ISBN
- 9780792375906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Pfeiderer, Beatrix; Bibeau, Giles. Series: Curare, special volume. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: M; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528078201
- ISBN
- 9783528078201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300052
- ISBN
- 9780792300052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.81
€ 246.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195374643
- ISBN
- 9780195374643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.51
€ 122.51
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
€ 98.24€ 88.08
€ 98.24
€ 88.08
Paperback. A synthesis of Jungian psychology with the discoveries of ethology and socio-biology, this is intended to take the reader a step beyond Ardrey and Morris into a wider science. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; JMS; PSX; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415052207
- ISBN
- 9780415052207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive view of human chromosome heteromorphisms, their applications, and their often speculated roles in aberrant chromosome behaviour relating to abnormal phenotype, pregnancy loss and cancer. This book is a pictorial atlas for common and unusual heteromorphisms and euchromatic variants. Editor(s): Wyandt, Herman E.; Tonk, Vijay S. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013034
- ISBN
- 9781402013034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 363.56
€ 363.56
Paperback. The hormonally-constructed body has become such a dominant way of conceptualizing bodies that it is often assumed to be a natural phenomenon. This book traces the scientific development of the hormonal body concept and examines the mass production of hormones as drugs, including the pill. Num Pages: 208 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH; MFK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415091916
- ISBN
- 9780415091916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. This book uses evolution as the unifying theme to trace the connections between levels of biological complexity from genes through nervous systems, animal societies, and human cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JMAL; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471182191
- ISBN
- 9780471182191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.95
€ 192.95
Hardback. This volume deals with critical issues concerning biocompatible materials - polymers, metals and other substances used in or on the human body. The focus of the topics range from biopolymers used in controlled release drug delivery systems to biopolymeric plates used in bone repair. Editor(s): Wise, D.; Trantolo, D.J.; Lewandrowski, K.U.; Gresser, J.D.; Cattaneo, M. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; PSX; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 847.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896038585
- ISBN
- 9780896038585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.24
€ 197.24
Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332340
- ISBN
- 9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret,M.; Gordon, D. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1011.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080715
- ISBN
- 9781556080715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.28
€ 244.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret,M.; Gordon, D. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; MB; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080722
- ISBN
- 9781556080722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 280.98
€ 280.98
Paperback. Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) to address important archaeological questions. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; PSAK1; PSD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179607
- ISBN
- 9781405179607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.11
€ 47.99
€ 47.11
Hardback. An investigation of the discovery, development and application of biological anti-infective agents. The text reviews their use and potential in preventing and treating human disease, illuminates their therapeutic power, assesses possible risks and outlines research to define their effectiveness. Editor(s): Elmer, Gary W. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MF; MJCJ; MMFM; PSX; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896036475
- ISBN
- 9780896036475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.75
€ 129.75
Hardcover. Editor(s): Helio, Tomas R. Num Pages: 209 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604568943
- ISBN
- 9781604568943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.84€ 160.69
€ 236.84
€ 160.69
Paperback. Bodies in Doubt breaks new ground in examining the historical roots of modern attitudes about intersex in the United States and will interest scholars and researchers in disability studies, social history, gender studies, and the history of medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; MBDC; MBX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405834
- ISBN
- 9781421405834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.50
€ 30.50
Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734040
- ISBN
- 9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 79.10
€ 94.74
€ 79.10
Paperback. This volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471042792
- ISBN
- 9780471042792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 180.30
€ 180.30
Paperback. Blends seminal essays with new and original pieces to take the analysis into new areas, and includes contributions from Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, Rom Harre, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Mary Rawlinson, Hubert Dreyfus, and Iris Young. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181262
- ISBN
- 9781577181262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Hardcover. Attempting to cut a third way between the usual alternatives of social constructionist and naturalist approaches to the body, this collection turns to both the biological and the social sciences as a starting point for an adequate critique of the body, before moving to offer a cultural analysis. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181255
- ISBN
- 9781577181255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
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
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74