BOOKS

CONTENTS

A Tribute to Dr. A. F. Roche-by K. A. R. Kennedy (U.S.A)

I. AN OVERVIEW

On Environment and Culture – by Vinay Kumar Srivastava (India)

Population Dynamics, Problems and Prospects of High Altitude Area: Ladakh – by Veena Bhasin and Shampa Nag (India)

Biology of the People of Jammu and Kashmir: Growth Patterns of the People of Jammu and Kashmir, India with Special Reference to Ladakh Region – by M.K. Bhasin, L.P. Singh and B. Kaur (India)

Man-Environment Relationship in a Hill Village – by T. B. Subba (India)

Human Activities in the Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, NW China – by Masatoshi Yoshino (Japan)

Measuring and Assessing Sustainability at the Local Level – by Dimitri Devuyst and Luc Hens (Belgium)

II. ENVIRONMENT IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF PAST

Studies on Ethno-ecology and Genetics of Vedic Age as Retrieved for CompendiumManusmruti – A Review – by Sachidananda Padhy (India)

Porotic Hyperostosis in Pre-historic Skeletons From South Asia – by Kenneth A.R. Kennedy (U.S.A.)

Dental Enamel Defects as Indicators of Nutritional Stress in Old Kingdom Egypt – by Nancy C. Lovell (Canada)

Skeletal Evidence for Health and Disease at Bronze Age Tell Leilan, Syria – by Hugh C. McKenzie (Canada)

Estimating Age in a Subadult Skeletal Sample From Bronze Age Syria: Methods and Considerations – by Scott Haddow (Canada)

III. ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION

Nutritional Perspective of Human Ecology – by Napoleon Wolañski (Mexico, Poland)

Energy and Nutrient Intake in an Ecologically Constrained Himalayan Valley: A Retrospective and Prospective Discussion – by R.D. Attenborough (Australia), A.R. Leeds (U.K.) and M.J. Attenborough (Australia)

Effects of Fat Rich Diet Fed to Albino Rats to Study Haematological Parameters –by Manoranjan Kalia and Anupama Sandol (India)

Inter-generational Variation in Body Morphology and Somatotype in Labana Sikhs – by S.P. Singh and Surinder Pal Singh (India)

Human Growth and Development, Genetic and/or Environmental Interpretations – by C. Susanne, E. Rebato, M. Vercauteren, I. Salces, L. San Martin and J. Rosique(Belgium)

Dermatitis Associated with Paddy Field Environment in Assam, India: A Review – by Kanwar Narain and J. Mahanta (India)

Cytogenetic Studies in Buccal Exfoliated Cells of High Cancer Risk Groups. I. PanMasala Chewers – by G. Gandhi and Ramandeep Kaur (India)

Ecology and Health with Special Reference to Indian Tribes – by Gautam K. Kshatriya (India)

IV. ECOLOGICAL BIOLOGY

Dermatoglyphic Affinities Among Romanies (Gypsies) in Slovakia – by DanielaSiváková and Milan Pospišil (Slovak Republic)

Considerations on the Population Genetics of Some Less Investigated Serum Protein and Red Cell Enzyme Polymorphisms – by H. Walter (Germany)

Allelic Genealogy in the Ecuadorian Cayapa Indians and Other Native American Populations – by G.F. De Stefano, C. Martinez, R. Casalotti and O. Rickards (Italy)

Biochemical Variation and Genetic Structure in Haryana, North-West India – by J.S. Yadav, S.M.S. Chahal, D. Joshi and A.S. Yadav (India)

V. ECOLOGY AND CULTURE

Human/Environment Relationships: The Fight Against Noise Pollution Along theAwapiko River Valley – by Robert J. Gregory (New Zealand)

Maintenance of Village Forest Reserves: A Dying Traditional Conservation Practice Among The Tribals of Manipur, N E India – by Natabar S. Hemam (U.S.A.), B. Mohan Reddy (India) and Donna L. Leonetti (U.S.A.)

The Warning of Nature We Missed – by D.K. Bhattacharya (India)

Index