Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution

by Peter Ellison

Book Overview

The study of human reproductive ecology represents an important new development in human evolutionary biology. Its focus is on the physiology of human reproduction and evidence of adaptation, and hence the action of natural selection, in that domain. But at the same time the study of human reproductive ecology provides an important perspective on the historical process of human evolution, a lens through which we may view the forces that have shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202306585
• ISBN13: 9780202306582
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"