Human Variability and Plasticity (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)
Contributors: G. A. Harrison (Foreword); C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor); Barry Bogin (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780521018555
Subjects: Biological anthropology; Human biology; Sociology; Anthropology - Physical; Social Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Physical anthropology; Science / Biology; Science-Life Sciences - Biology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / Physical; Anthropology - General
First sentence: It is shown that plasticity is one of the key concept in human biology; it provides a link between the widely differing areas of the subject in which it is manifested, and so gives a unity of approach and understand that holds the subject together.