CHAPTER 1 The Study of Human Adaptation The Subdiscipline of Human Adaptation The Concept of Functional Adaptation Cultural and Technological Adaptation Accommodation and Adaptation Genetic Adaptation Purpose of Adaptation : Homeostasis ...
Author: A. Roberto Frisancho
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472095110
Category: Social Science
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A text that explores how humans adapt to conditions of physical stressHuman Adaptation and Accommodation , by A. Roberto Frisancho . Ann Arbor , MI : University of Michigan Press , 1993. 532 pp . $ 62.50 ( hardcover ) . phic RE enti . umalis 30 nok til para The claim on the cover of this book indicates ...
Author: Raymond Pearl
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ISBN: UCSC:32106011637961
Category: Anthropology
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Includes section "Recent literature useful in the study of human biology."PROFILE 2 A. Roberto Frisancho Roberto Frisancho is a human biologist who studies how people adapt to stressful environments. ... and human biology, including Humankind Evolving, Human Adaptation and Accommodation, Human Adaptation, ...
Author: Daniel E. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317347811
Category: Social Science
Page: 360
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This text is intended for the sophomore level course in human variation/human biology taught in anthropology departments. It may also serve as a supplementary text in introductory physical anthropology courses. In addition to covering the standard topics for the course, it features contemporary topics in human biology such as the Human Genome Project, genetic engineering, the effects of stress, obesity and pollution.Frisancho A.R. (1993) Human Adaptation and Accommodation. 532 p. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: University of Michigan Press. [This presents an overview of biological human adaptation to climate and nutrition]. Goodman A.H. and Leatherman T.L. ...
Author: Michael J. Marquardt
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
ISBN: 9781848260573
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Human Resources and their Development is a component of Encyclopedia of Human Resources Policy, Development and Management in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Human Resources and their Development provides the essential aspects and a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Human Resources and their Development; Major Issues in Human Resource Development; Elements of Planning Strategies for Human Resource Development; Human Life Systems, Diversity and Human Development; Human Development and Causes of Global Change; Consequences of Global Change for Human Resource Development. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.How to use light and dark to produce circadian adaptation to night shift work. Ann. Med. 31:87–98. Frisancho, A. 1993. Skin color and adaptation to solar radiation. In Human Adaptation and Accommodation, 147–74.
Author: C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420084747
Category: Science
Page: 317
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The transition in anthropological and biomedical research methods over the past 50 years, from anthropometric and craniometric measurements to large-scale microarray genetic studies has resulted in continued revision of opinions and ideas relating to the factors and forces that drive human variation. Human Variation:From the Laboratory to the Field brings together the contributions of 22 scientists working in four continents to identify and address challenges imposed by variability. It reviews the way we examine and analyze human variation, paying specific attention to genetics, growth and development, and physiology. In presenting new evidence and findings, it also discusses current developments in methodology and analytical techniques, detailing both field and laboratory approaches, and looking at how the two perspectives complement each other. In bridging that gap between laboratory trials and studies of the human in context, this book covers a number of interesting research areas including — Human adaptation to natural and artificial light, including variations in circadian photosensitivity and effects of light on GI activity Cold tolerance and lifestyle in modern society Genetics of body weight and obesity Human adaptability to emotional and intellectual mental stresses Geography, migration, climate, and environmental plasticity as contributors to human variation Impact of natural environmental stressors including pollution on physiological and morphological processes This book is the latest volume in a series of works from the Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB), which for half a century has advanced and promoted research in the biology of human populations in all of its branches including human viability, genetics, human adaptability, and ecology, and evolution. It holds two scientific meetings a year. This volume represents work presented during its most recent gathering.In other words, accommodation is a stopgap that ultimately produces negative side effects. INDIVIDUALS VERSUS POPULATIONS Whatever the method employed, geographical or experimental research in human adaptation is concerned with ...
Author: Michael P. Muehlenbein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521879484
Category: Science
Page: 624
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A wide-ranging and inclusive text focusing on topics in human evolution and the understanding of modern human variation and adaptability.What are the different kinds of adaptation that humans rely upon to adjust to life in stressful environments? 3. Describe the clinal variation ... 3 Frisancho, AR (1993) Human Adaptation and Accommodation. Ann Arbor, MI, University of ...
Author: Robert L. Anemone
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351717854
Category: Social Science
Page: 228
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Race and Human Diversity is an introduction to the study of human diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. Robert L. Anemone examines the biological basis of human difference and how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. The book discusses the history of the race concept, evolutionary theory, human genetics, and the connections between racial classifications and racism. It invites students to question the existence of race as biology, but to recognize race as a social construction with significant implications for the lived experience of individuals and populations. This second edition has been thoroughly revised, with new material on human genetic diversity, developmental plasticity and epigenetics. There is additional coverage of the history of eugenics; race in US history, citizenship and migration; affirmative action; and white privilege and the burden of race. Fully accessible for undergraduate students with no prior knowledge of genetics or statistics, this is a key text for any student taking an introductory class on race or human diversity.Human Adaptation and Accommodation . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press . Gaul , K. K. , and R. B. Thomas . 1991. Indigenous Perspectives : Ecology , Economy and Ethics . J. Hum . Ecol . 1 : 73–88 ( special issue ) .
Author: Prof Alan H Goodman
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472066064
Category: Medical
Page: 486
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DIVShows the potential for a reintegrated, critical, and politically relevant biocultural anthropology /div1 THE INFLUENCE OF CHARLES DARWIN ON HUMAN ADAPTATION In explicating their theoretical base with reference to human accommodation, Park-Burgess refer to Charles Darwin's theory of the origin of the species by natural selection which ...
Author: Rochelle Almeida
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9781498545891
Category: Social Science
Page: 240
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This study examines the cultural experience of Anglo-Indians, those of mixed British and Indian ancestry who settled in Britain following India’s independence. Using archival research, ethnography, and literary and cultural analyses, Almeida investigates the initial migration of Anglo-Indians and their decades-long experience of assimilation.35-51 Eveleth, PB. and Tanner, J.M. (1990) Worldwide Variation in Human Growth, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Frishancho, AR. (1993) Human Adaptation and Accommodation, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
Author: Ron Pinhasi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781119956686
Category: Science
Page: 500
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A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics. This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture. It includes contributions from world-class researchers, with a particular emphasis on advances in methods (e.g. ancient DNA of pathogens, stable isotope analysis, etc.). The book specifically addresses the following aspects associated with the transition to agriculture in various world regions: Changes in adult and subadult stature and subadult growth profiles Diachronic trends in the analysis of functional morphological structures (craniofacial, vault, lower limbs, etc.) and whether these are associated with change in overall sex-specific morphological variability Changes in mobility Changes in behaviour which can be reconstructed from the study of the skeletal record. These include changes in activity patterns, sexual dimorphism, evidence of inter-personal trauma, and the like. Population dynamics and microevolution by examining intra and inter population variations in dental and cranial metric traits, as well as archaeogenetic studies of ancient DNA (e.g. mtDNA markers).