Natural History Books: Human Variation
found: 5 books

 
Akazawa, T. and Szathmary, E.J.E. (editors).
Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Pp. xiv, 389, numerous text-figures, diagrams and maps. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Contains 24 chapters by noted authorities in the field mostly dealing with the origin and diversity of mongoloid peoples. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..
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Book number: 4063
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Catalogue: Human Variation
Keywords: Archaeology archeology evolutionary biology prehistoric mongoloid dispersal mongoloid peoples human evolution human variation Akazawa Szathmary ISBN 019-852318-1

 
Baker, Paul T. and Weiner, J. S. (editors)
The Biology of Human Adaptability.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. First edition. Pp. viii, 541; some text-figures (maps, graphs). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lg 8vo. Based on a Wenner Gren conference held in Austria in 1964. The conference brought together leading geneticists, physiologists and anthropologists from all parts of the world to discuss humans in their natural environments and their adaptive responses to them (from the jacket flap laid in at the front of the book). The 18 chapters in this work thoroughly cover the biological basis of human adaptability. From the library of Alan James Westcott with his signature on the front endpaper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..
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Book number: 6516
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Catalogue: Human Variation

 
Brothwell, D. R.
The Skeletal Biology of earlier Human Populations (Symposia of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, volume 8).
London: Pergamon Press, 1968. First edition. Pp. viii, 288; numerous text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings, maps, graphs). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in black on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. Presents 13 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of skeletal biology. No ownership marks. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel of the jacket..
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Book number: 6515
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16.25 | JP¥ 3164]
Catalogue: Human Variation

 
Lukacs, John R.
The People of South Asia: The Biological Anthropology of India, Pakistan and Nepal
New York: Plenum Press, 1984. First edition. Pp. xxiv, 465; numerous text-figures (maps, black-and-white photos, graphs, line-drawings). Publisher's original green pictorial laminated boards, lettered in white on the spine and front cover (hardcover), lg 8vo. This work contains 20 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of the biological anthropology of southern Asia. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..
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Book number: 7518
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 7120]
Catalogue: Human Variation

 
Woodruff, Charles Edward
Expansion of Races.
London: Rebman Company, 1909. First edition. Pp. xi, 405. Publisher's original reddish-brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind on the front cover, thick lg 8vo. A somewhat scientific attempt to understand the expansion and migration of the races. The author seems fixated on over-population in humans. No ownership marks and no signs of use. This is a scarce work. Light shelf wear to cloth; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..
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Book number: 6503
USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 88.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15031]
Catalogue: Human Variation

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