Physiological anthropology: Past and future

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-73

  Steegmann Jr , A Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Environmental adaptation; History of science

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FORECASTING; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CULTURE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION (GENETICS); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745337902     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.67     Document Type: Review

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