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How Humans Adapt

A Biocultural Odyssey

Donald J. Ortner

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English
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
17 March 1983
How Humans Adapt collects the papers, commentaries, and discussions from the 1981 Smithsonian international symposium on human physical and cultural adaptations. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, How Humans Adapt sets out a complex picture of past human adaptations and speculates on how future adaptations may ensure the continued survival of the human race.
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Imprint:   Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   780g
ISBN:   9780874747256
ISBN 10:   0874747252
Series:   Smithsonian International Symposia Series
Pages:   584
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Donald J. Ortner was a curator at the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology. His research concentrated on evidence of disease, evolution of host-parasite relationships in infection, the human immune response to disease, and the significance of disease in human biocultural adaptation.

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