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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction : scope of the book; types of human difference and their causes -- Plates -- Races and inter-mixing, nationalities, cultures, castes, classes and religions -- Height, weight, shape and obesity -- Differences between males and females; reproduction and its production of genetic diversity -- Personal choice, including cosmetic and preventative surgery, clothing and make-up -- A rich but frustrating diversity of languages -- Names and identity -- Albinos, colour-blindness and height: how human characteristics are inherited -- The brain, nerves, intelligence, mind, personality, mental problems, learning, memory, creativity, happiness -- Sex, attraction, reproduction, twins, incest -- Chapter 11.diseases, disorders, immunity, cancer -- Eating, drinking, diet, digestion, liver,cystic fibrosis, diabetes, allergies, food intolerances, anorexia -- Skin, skin colour and disorders -- The skeleton, muscles; osteoporosis, me, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy -- Head, face, eyes, ears, sight, hearing, smell, taste -- Chapter 16.the heart; heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure -- Chapter 17.blood, blood groups; anaemia, haemophilia, leukaemia and other blood disorders -- Arms, legs, giants, dwarfs, arthritis, left-handedness -- Kidneys, urine, bladder, cystitis, police alcohol tests -- Lungs, breathing, asthma -- Chapter 21.development from the fertilised egg; sexual and later development -- Chapter 22.longevity, ageing, birth and deathrates, immigration, population structure -- Chapter 23.abnormalities of sex chromosomes and autosomes, down syndrome, barr bodies -- Chapter 24.opinions on the national characteristics of the chinese, japanese and english. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnopsychology.
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Ethnopsychology. |
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Human genetics.
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Human genetics. |
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Nature and nurture.
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Nature and nurture. |
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Race.
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Race. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lamb, Bernard Charles. Human diversity 9789814632355 (DLC) 2015015474 (OCoLC)898088388 |
| ISBN |
9789814632362 electronic book |
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9814632368 electronic book |
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9789814632355 |
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981463235X |
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