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Dictionary of concepts in physical anthropology

Author: Joan C Stevenson
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Series: Reference sources for the social sciences and humanities, no. 10.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Dictionary
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joan C Stevenson
ISBN: 0313247560 9780313247569
OCLC Number: 22732327
Description: xiv, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Absolute or chronometric dating --
Adaptation --
Adaptive radiation --
Agonistic behavior --
Allele --
Allometry --
Altruism --
Analogy --
Arboreal theory --
Assortative mating --
Bergmann's rule --
Binomial (binary) nomenclature --
Carrying capacity --
Cline --
Culture --
Dental formula --
Derived character --
Dominance --
Dominant --
Ecological niche --
Effective population number --
Encephalization --
Estrus --
Eugenics --
Evolution --
Fertility --
Fitness --
Gene (cistron) --
Gene flow --
Genetic code --
Genetic distance --
Genetic drift --
Genetic load --
Genus --
Grade --
Hardy-Weinberg law --
Heritability --
Hominidae --
Hominoidea --
Homology --
Hybridization --
Inbreeding --
Index of total selection (Crow's index) --
Linkage --
Menarche --
Mendelian inhertance --
Mendelian population --
Migration --
Mode of locomotion --
Molecular clock model of evolution --
Mutation --
Natural selection --
Pedigree analysis --
Phenotype --
Phenotypic plasticity --
Phyletic evolution --
Phylogeny --
Polygenic (multifactorial) trait --
Polymorphism --
Population structure --
Primate social organization --
Primates --
Punctuated equilibria --
Race --
Secular trend --
Seed-eater hypothesis --
Segregation --
Sexual dimorphism --
Socialization --
Species --
Taxonomy --
Territory --
Typological thinking (essentialism) --
Uniformitarianism.
Series Title: Reference sources for the social sciences and humanities, no. 10.
Responsibility: Joan C. Stevenson.

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