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How Humans Adapt Paperback by Donald J. Ortner
How Humans Adapt Paperback by Donald J. Ortner
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Product Details
- Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (1983-03-17)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 584 pages
- ISBN-13: 9780874747256
- Item Weight: 779.62 grams
- Dimensions: 22.86 x 15.24 x 3.17 cm
How Humans Adapt collects the papers, commentaries, and discussions from the 1981 Smithsonian international symposium on human physical and cultural adaptations. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, How Humans Adapt sets out a complex picture of past human adaptations and speculates on how future adaptations may ensure the continued survival of the human race.
About the Author
Dr. Donald J. Ortner was a curator at the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology. His research concentrated on evidence of disease, evolution of host-parasite relationships in infection, the human immune response to disease, and the significance of disease in human biocultural adaptation.
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