Human biology

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways that obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy.

Covering colobine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation, this book summarises current knowledge of this fascinating group of primates.

Covering colobine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation, this book summarises current knowledge of this fascinating group of primates.

Discusses the biocultural and evolutionary factors that direct growth, and intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting individual development.

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences.

A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences.

This book examines the evolutionary lead taken by the matriline in providing the intergenerational co-adaptations required for successful pregnancy.

This book examines the evolutionary lead taken by the matriline in providing the intergenerational co-adaptations required for successful pregnancy.

Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.

Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.

A valuable guide to scoring crown and root traits in human dentitions for ancestry estimation and biodistance analysis.

A valuable guide to scoring crown and root traits in human dentitions for ancestry estimation and biodistance analysis.

The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.

The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.

A comprehensive, practical reference for all interested in identification of disease in ancient human remains, first published in 1998.

A succinct introduction to the field of biomaterials engineering, packed with practical insights.

Fully revised and updated content matching the Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology syllabus (9700).

A comprehensive, practical reference for all interested in identification of disease in ancient human remains, first published in 1998.

A succinct introduction to the field of biomaterials engineering, packed with practical insights.

This Exam Preparation Guide offers support for students as they prepare for their IB Diploma Physics exams.

This Exam Preparation Guide offers support for students as they prepare for their IB Diploma Biology exams.

Brings together new research demonstrating how evidence based on genetic phenomena should end any lingering controversy over human evolution.

Experts from a range of disciplines identify the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

Going beyond the division of nature and society, this unique book explores human life as a process of biosocial becoming.

Brings together new research demonstrating how evidence based on genetic phenomena should end any lingering controversy over human evolution.

Experts from a range of disciplines identify the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

Going beyond the division of nature and society, this unique book explores human life as a process of biosocial becoming.

A state-of-the-art primer on the role of pharmacological sciences in regenerative medicine, for advanced students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers.

A state-of-the-art primer on the role of pharmacological sciences in regenerative medicine, for advanced students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers.

A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

This book investigates how health interventions are imagined into being in high-income countries, drawing on over seven years of fieldwork in the self-described "e;global health capital"e; Atlanta to consider the role of storytelling in the construction of global health futures.

Practical text to the study of humans and close relatives from the evidence of their teeth.

Practical text to the study of humans and close relatives from the evidence of their teeth.

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

This thoughtfully updated revision of a classic text sheds new light on the potential sociological and biological differences that result in deep, seemingly unbridgeable political divisions.

This introduction to science for little learners is bursting with fantastic facts and super scientific ideas.

A comprehensive account of hominin fossil sites across Africa, including the environmental and ecological evidence central to our understanding of human evolution.

An authoritative account of human evolution, explaining the nature of the evidence and providing a new interpretation.

This book explores how insights from evolution can transform our understanding of mental health and mental disorder.

This book explores how insights from evolution can transform our understanding of mental health and mental disorder.

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100-1300).