How Humans Adapt
A Biocultural Odyssey
$57.93
- Paperback
584 pages
- Release Date
17 March 1983
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780874747256 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0874747252 |
| Author: | Donald J. Ortner |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 584 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 1983 |
| Weight: | 780g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Smithsonian International Symposia Series |
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About The Author
Donald J. Ortner
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.
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