Human biology of pastoral populations / edited by William R. Leonard, Michael H. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leonard, William R. (William Rowe), 1959-

Crawford, Michael H., 1939-

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 30.

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral systems.

Physical anthropology.

Herders--Anthropometry.

Herders.

Herders--Health and hygiene.

Ethnoecology.

Physical Description:

xi, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Contents:

1 The biological diversity of herding populations: an introduction / Michael H. Crawford, William R. Leonard 1

2 Genetic structure of pastoral populations of Siberia: the Evenki of central Siberia and the Kizhi of Gorno Altai / Michael H. Crawford, Joseph McComb, Moses S. Schanfield, R. John Mitchell 10

3 Genetic structure of the Basque herders of northern Spain / Rosario Calderon 50

4 History, demography, marital patterns and immigration rate in the South Sinai Bedouins: their effect on the coefficient of inbreeding (F) / E. Kobyliansky, I. Hershkovitz 64

5 Uncertain disaster: environmental instability, colonial policy, and the resilience of East African pastoral systems / Sandra Gray, Paul Leslie, Helen Alinga Akol 99

6 Changing pattern of Tibetan nomadic pastoralism / Melvyn C. Goldstein, Cynthia M. Beall 131

7 Human biology, health and ecology of nomadic Turkana pastoralists / Michael A. Little 151

8 Economic stratification and health among the Herero of Botswana / Renee L. Pennington 183

9 Ecology, health and lifestyle change among the Evenki herders of Siberia / William R. Leonard, Victoria A. Galloway, Evgueni Ivakine, Ludmilla Osipova, Marina Kazakovtseva 206

10 Disease patterns in Sami and Finnish populations: an update / Simo Nayha, Pauli Luoma, Saara Lehtinen, Terho Lehtimaki, Mary Jane Mosher, Juhani Leppaluoto 236

11 Yomut family organization and demography / William Irons 251

12 Pastoralism and the evolution of lactase persistence / Clare Holden, Ruth Mace 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521780160

OCLC:

46810964