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Human biology and health : an evolutionary approach / edited by Basiro Davey, Tim Halliday, and Mark Hirst.

Title
Human biology and health : an evolutionary approach / edited by Basiro Davey, Tim Halliday, and Mark Hirst.
Publication
Buckingham [UK] ; Phildelphia : Open University, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Davey, Basiro
  • Halliday, Tim, 1945-
  • Hirst, Mark
Description
398 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
Series Statement
Health and disease series ; bk. 4
Uniform Title
Health and disease series bk. 4.
Subject
  • Diseases
  • Disease susceptibility
  • Human evolution
  • Human biology
  • Health
  • Physiology
  • Pathology
  • Disease
  • Disease Susceptibility
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-371) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why 'an evolutionary approach'? / Basiro Davey -- The human biological heritage / Caroline Pond -- The story of life in a few pages / Basiro Davey and Tim Halliday -- Inheritance and variation / Mark Hirst and Judith Metcalfe -- Living with other species / Tim Halliday and Basiro Davey -- Surviving infectious disease / Basiro Davey -- Digestion and dietary change / Caroline Pond -- On living longer / Heather McLannahan -- Tinkering with nature / Mark Hirst and Judith Metcalfe -- Living with the chemical industrial environment / Helen Dolk -- The impact of modern culture / Helen Dolk.
ISBN
0335208398
LCCN
^^2001021659
OCLC
  • 46713106
  • SCSB-10444630
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library