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Human biology
The Emergence of Humans. An Exploration of the Evolutionary Timeline.
Ash, Patricia J.; Robinson, David J.
Paperback. * Carefully structured around the evolutionary timeline. * Clearly written and presented with numerous full colourillustrations * Includes integrated self-assessment questions and acomprehensive glossary. * Provides objective coverage of contentious issues. . Num Pages: 338 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470013151
- ISBN
- 9780470013151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.23
€ 102.23
This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition. Visualizing Human Biology Lab Manual provides 18 labs specifically designed for the non-majors biology student, each of which engages students by focusing on the structure and function of each person s own unique body. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470591499
- ISBN
- 9780470591499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.36
€ 96.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Hage, Ghassan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522849790
- ISBN
- 9780522849790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. This monograph presents a new view of locomotor development - the processes involved in acquiring adaptive mobility. It reports a longitudinal investigation of infants' ability to adapt movements to variations in the terrain and to changes in their physical capabilities. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 164 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JMC; MJW; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224563
- ISBN
- 9780631224563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.21
€ 78.21
Hardcover. The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behavior, not mental pathology.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450944
- ISBN
- 9780857450944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.11
€ 158.11
Hardcover. Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered natural.A" Editor(s): Unnithan-Kumar, Maya; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MMZF; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451224
- ISBN
- 9780857451224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.78
€ 158.78
Paperback. This volume asks what really happens to social relations in the face of new types of transaction - such as organ donation, forensic identification and other new medical and reproductive technologies - that involve the use of corporeal material. Drawing on comparative insights into how human biological material is treated.. Editor(s): Lambert, Helen; McDonald, Maryon. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JHM; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451545
- ISBN
- 9780857451545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Hardcover. As bio-capital in the form of medical knowledge, skills, and investments moves with greater frequency from its origin in First World industrialized settings to resource-poor communities with weak or little infrastructure, countries with emerging economies are starting to expand new indigenous science bases of their own. Editor(s): Konrad, Monica. Num Pages: 308 pages, 4 figs. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550. Counterparts in Anthropologicial Knowledge and International Research Relations. 308 pages, 4 figs. Editor(s): Konrad, Monica. As bio-capital in the form of medical knowledge, skills, and investments moves with greater frequency from its origin in First World industrialized settings to resource-poor communities with weak or little infrastructure, countries with emerging economies are starting to expand new indigenous science bases of their own. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454805
- ISBN
- 9780857454805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.17
€ 159.17
Hardcover. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616. Sunni and Shia Perspectives. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454904
- ISBN
- 9780857454904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.80
€ 170.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457912
- ISBN
- 9780857457912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.22
€ 32.99
€ 32.22
Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459824
- ISBN
- 9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Connections Book Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618930569
- ISBN
- 9781618930569
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.30
€ 32.99
€ 28.30
Hardcover. Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine.. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386896
- ISBN
- 9781782386896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.97
€ 155.97
Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332340
- ISBN
- 9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.17
€ 156.17
Hardcover. Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it is the coca and quinine from South America or tea and coffee from the Old World. This pattern is seen in all types of uses that humans make of plants. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Harris, Stephen. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450601
- ISBN
- 9781845450601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.49
€ 159.49
Hardcover. The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission.. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454227
- ISBN
- 9781845454227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.13
€ 156.13
Hardcover. Interest in the study of kinship, a key area of anthropological enquiry, has recently reemerged. Dubbed 'the new kinship', this interest was stimulated by the 'new genetics' and revived interest in kinship and family patterns. Editor(s): Edwards, Jeanette; Salazar, Carles. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455736
- ISBN
- 9781845455736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.40
€ 158.40
Hardcover. Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that are unique to this historical moment. At the same time biomedicine is under scrutiny, experiencing a number of distinct and multifaceted crises. Editor(s): Moore, Ronnie; McClean, Stuart. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; PSXM; VXH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456726
- ISBN
- 9781845456726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.27
€ 159.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144174
- ISBN
- 9781868144174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.97
€ 53.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 592 pages, 227 tables, 208 line drawings. BIC Classification: MJH; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632179
- ISBN
- 9780691632179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.00
€ 294.00
The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe
Ammerman, Albert J.; Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Lu...
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640068
- ISBN
- 9780691640068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Hardback. This text presents research on Darwinism, race, cladistics, phylogeny, Neanderthals, dentition, craniometry, fossil evidence and cultural ecology that raise questions for the entire discipline of evolutionary anthropology. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502628
- ISBN
- 9780742502628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.43
€ 157.43
Paperback. This text presents research on Darwinism, race, cladistics, phylogeny, Neanderthals, dentition, craniometry, fossil evidence and cultural ecology that raise questions for the entire discipline of evolutionary anthropology. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502635
- ISBN
- 9780742502635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardback. Proposes a solution to a fundamental debate in contemporary ethnography: the source of ethnographic authority. The author advocates the method of reflexive analysis as a way of making ethnography a more scientific endeavor. He challenges standards of ethnographic practice in data collection, analysis and presentation. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102743
- ISBN
- 9780759102743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.41
€ 160.41