Human variability and plasticity / edited by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor and Barry Bogin.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pervasiveness of plasticity / D.F. Roberts -- Plasticity in early development / D.J. Pritchard -- Plasticity in the growth of Mayan refugee children living in the United States / B. Bogin -- The place of plasticity in the study of the secular trend for male stature : an analysis of Danish biological population history / J.L. Boldsen -- Plasticity, growth and energy balance / S.J. Ulijaszek -- The study of migrants as a strategy for understanding human biological plasticity / G.W. Lasker -- Human migration : effects on people, effects on populations / D. Colemen -- The use of surnames in the study of human variation and plasticity / J.H. Relethford -- A biological anthropological approach to measuring societal stress of parasitic disease : a case study of schistosomiasis / C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor & G.E.H. Mohamed -- Biological adaptability, plasticity and disease : patterns in modernizing societies / R.M. Garruto -- Human biological adaptability with special emphasis on plasticity : history, development and problems for future research / L.M. Schell.

Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.