Broschiertes Buch

How Humans Adapt

A Biocultural Odyssey

Herausgeber: Ortner, Donald J.

Beschreibung

How Humans Adapt collects the papers, commentaries, and discussions from the 1981 Smithsonian international symposium on human physical and cultural adaptations. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, How Humans Adapt sets out a complex picture of past human adaptations and speculates on how future adaptations may ensure the continued survival of the human race.

Autor

Dr. Donald J. Ortner was a curator at the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology. His research concentrated on evidence of disease, evolution of host-parasite relationships in infection, the human immune response to disease, and the significance of disease in human biocultural adaptation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Smithsonian
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 936g
• ISBN-13: 9780874747256
• ISBN-10: 0874747252
• Artikelnr.: 23543716