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Patterns of human growth / Barry Bogin.
LIBRA GN62.9 .B64 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogin, Barry.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 23.
- Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human growth.
- Physical anthropology.
- Human evolution.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Growth.
- Human Development.
- Anthropology, Physical.
- Biological Evolution.
- physical anthropology.
- evolution.
- growth.
- Medical Subjects:
- Human Development.
- Anthropology, Physical.
- Biological Evolution.
- Growth.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1999.
- Summary:
- "This new, completely revised and updated edition provides a synthesis of the forces that shaped the evolution of the human growth pattern, the biocultural factors that direct its expression, the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate individual development and the biomathematical approaches that are needed to analyse and interpret human growth."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- 1. Background to the study of human growth
- 2. Basic principles of human growth
- 3. The evolution of human growth
- 4. Evolution of the human life cycle
- 5. Growth variation in living human populations
- 6. Environmental factors influencing growth
- 7. Genetic and endocrine regulation of human growth
- 8. A biocultural view of human growth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-441) and index.
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP10.00 0.
- ISBN:
- 0521564387
- 9780521564380
- OCLC:
- 39692257
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