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Human Variability and Plasticity: 15 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 15) - Softcover

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9780521018555: Human Variability and Plasticity: 15 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 15)

Synopsis

Investigates human variability in relation to changing environments.

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Book Description

Most animals are capable of altering their biology or behaviour to respond plastically to changes in their environment. Humans are perhaps the most plastic of all species, and this book examines how human variability is affected by such factors as starvation, disease, child growth and migration.

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