TY  - BOOK
AU  - W.S. Laughlin
AU  - R.H. Osborne
TI  - Human Variation and Origins: An Introduction to Human Biology and Evolution
SN  - 0716709686
U1  - 573 
PY  - 1967///
CY  - USA
PB  - W. H. Freeman Company
KW  - English
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Human genetics
KW  - Biological Evolution
KW  - Genetics, Medical
KW  - General
N1  - At head of title: Readings from Scientific American; I. Processes and history -- Introduction: the development of concepts in the study of human variation -- 1. The genetic basis of evolution / Dobzhansky -- 2. Charles Lyell / Eiseley -- 3. Charles Darwin / Eiseley -- 4. Crises in the history of life / Newell -- II. Intraindividual variation -- Introduction: structure and function -- 5. The living cell / Brachet -- 6. Mammalian eggs in the laboratory / Edwards -- 7. The genetic code / Crick -- 8. How do cells differentiate? / Waddington -- 9. The skin / Montagna -- 10. Electrical effects in bone / Bassett -- 11. The antiquity of human walking / Napier -- 12. Human growth / Gray -- III. Intrapopulation variation -- Introduction: genetic mechanisms and evolutionary adaptations -- 13. Ionizing radiation and evolution / Crow -- 14. The evolution of the hand / Napier -- 15. Adaptations to cold / Irving -- 16. Tools and human evolution / Washburn -- 17. The origin of speech / Hockett -- 18. Learning to think / Harlow and Harlow -- 19. Sickle cells and evolution / Allison -- 20. The genetics of the Dunkers / Glass -- IV. Interpopulation variation -- Introduction: population history and origins -- 21. The distribution of man / Howells -- 22. The lesson of the Pygmies / Turnbull -- 23. World population / Huxley -- 24. The origins of new world civilization / MacNeish -- 25. The prehistory of the Australian Aborigine / Mulvaney -- 26. Homo erectus / Howells -- 27. The early relatives of man / Simons
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