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| Preface | |
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| Theory and Methods | |
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| Evolutionary theory | |
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| The study of human adaptation | |
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| History of the study of human biology | |
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| Genetics in human biology | |
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| Demography | |
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| History, methods, and general applications of anthropometry in human biology | |
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| Energy expenditure and body composition: history, methods and inter-relationships | |
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| Evolutionary endocrinology | |
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| Ethical considerations for human biology research | |
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| Commentary: a primer on human subjects applications and informed consents | |
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| Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation | |
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| Body size and shape: climatic and nutritional influences on human body morphology | |
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| Human adaptation to high altitude | |
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| Skin coloration | |
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| Classic markers of human variation | |
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| DNA markers of human variation | |
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| Ten facts about human variation | |
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| The evolution and endocrinology of human behavior: a focus on sex differences and reproduction | |
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| Reproduction | |
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| Human mate choice | |
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| Mate choice, the major histocompatibility complex, and offspring viability | |
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| Why women differ in ovarian function: genetic polymorphism, developmental conditions and adult lifestyle | |
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| Pregnancy and lactation | |
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| Male reproduction: physiology, behavior and ecology | |
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| Growth and Development | |
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| Evolution of human growth | |
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| Variation in human growth patterns due to environmental factors | |
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| Evolutionary biology of hormonal responses to social challenges in the human child | |
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| Human biology, energetics and the human brain | |
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| Embodied capital and extra-somatic wealth in human evolution and human history | |
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| Health and Disease | |
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| Evolutionary medicine, immunity and infectious disease | |
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| Complex chronic diseases in evolutionary perspective | |
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| Evolutionary medicine and the causes of chronic disease | |
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| Beyond feast-famine: brain evolution, human life history and the metabolic syndrome | |
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| Human longevity and senescence | |
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| Evolutionary psychiatry: mental disorders and behavioral evolution | |
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| Industrial pollutants and human evolution | |
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| Acculturation and health | |
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| Index | |