Anthropology Today: Trends and Scope of Human Biology

M. K. BHASIN (University of Delhi, Delhi, India) and Charles Susanne (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium)

2010 •  Pages: 350 • Size: 180x240 •  ISBN 81-85264-52-X • Binding: Hard •  Price: US $ 60/- Rs.1950/

(Anthropologist Special Issue No. 6)

 

In general  Human Biology is defined in text book as an interdisciplinary academic field of biology, biological anthropology, nutrition and medicine which focuses on humans; it is closely related to primate biology, and a number of other fields. Human biology research encompasses (almost similar to biological anthropology):

·                     Biological variation related to climate and other elements of the natural environment

·                     Human growth and development

·                     Biogeography

·                     Genetic variation across human populations, present and past

·                     Determinants, across populations, of risk for degenerative disease and infectious disease

There are twenty research papers in the present Special Volume which covers almost each aspect of Human Biology/ Biological Anthropology. The papers included in this volume are on chance and participant observation of human behaviour:  lessons from field work with primates, race terminology, anthropometry (nutritional status by selected measurements and indices, childhood obesity, nutritional status of preschool children, variability in body composition, adaptation of high altitude dwellers, applications of kinanthropometry and assessment of physique and body composition components of sports persons) and genetics (Twins studies, natural selection and sex in human population, disease Thalassemia, eugenic concept of ancient Indians,  human genetic variation, single cell gel electrophoresis/comet assay,  population structure and biological and/or genetic composition of the Indian fishermen, HLA system, noncoding DNAs (ncDNAs), Chromosomal Q-Heterochromatin Regions in Populations and Human Adaptation and Morphology to Molecular Anthropology. Looking at the range of the contributions by various renowned scholars in this volume, we hope that this may be a useful addition for those desirous of learning, teaching and doing research on the biology of the man.

 

CONTENTS

 

Preface

 

List of Contributors

 

UNIT- I

 

Ralph Tanner • Chance and Participant Observation of Human Behaviour:  Lessons from Field Work with Primates

 

Goran Štrkalj  • “Race”: A Note on Terminology 
 

UNIT – II

 

R. Khongsdier • Use and Interpretation of Anthropometric Assessment of Growth and Body Composition
 

Sharda Sidhu and Prabhjot • Prevalence of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in India: A Systematic Review

 

Gopal Chandra Mandal  and Kaushik Bose • Nutritional Status of Preschool Children: A Major Global Health Challenge
 

Marta Cvíčelová, Petra Lukáčiková, Lucia Hornungová, Eva Neščáková, Zuzana Danková  and  Daniela Siváková • Variability in Body Composition Characteristics in Two Cohorts of Slovak Women Aged 40 – 59 and 60 – 92 Years 

 

S. P. Singh • High Altitude Adaptation: A Review
 

Shyamal Koley • Kinanthropometric Research and Its Applications: A New Scientific Approach
 

Shyamal Koley, Navdeep Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur and Mahendra Kumar Yadav • Anthropometry and Body Composition in Sports
 

UNIT – III

 

H.K. Kumbnani • Various Types of Twins: Rare and Unreported
 

Badaruddoza • A Synthesis of Natural Selection and Female Sex in Human Population


Anju Gupta • Psychosocial Stressors: Let’s Face Them
 

Sachidananda Padhy • Studies on Eugenic Concept of Ancient Indians: A Review from Manusmruti
 

Suraksha Agrawal,  Minal Borkar and Faisal Khan • Human Genetic Variation Studies: Background; Rationale and Achievements
 

G. Gandhi • The Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis Assay: Applications in Diseased Individuals and Population Monitoring Studies
 

B. Mohan Reddy • Population Structure and Genetic Perspectives on the Indian Fishermen
 

U. Shankarkumar, A. Pawar, J.P. Devaraj, K. Bhupali and K.Ghosh • The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) System: A Review 

 

Abyt I. Ibraimov • Noncoding Dnas in Development and Evolution
 

Abyt I. Ibraimov • Chromosomal Q-Heterochromatin Regions in Populations and Human Adaptation

 

M. K. Bhasin • Morphopological to Molecular Anthropology: Genetics Studies of Castes and Tribes of India

 

Index

 

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