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Animal-herding (pastoralism) is a subsistence strategy that is practised by populations of low-producing ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, it is vanishing due to land pressure and ecological degradation, particularly in the developing world. While previous books have examined the social, cultural and economic dimensions of the pastoral way of life, there has been little systematic examination of the biology and health of pastoral groups. The Human Biology of Pastoral Populations fills this gap by drawing together our knowledge of the biology, population structure and ecology of herding populations. It investigates how pastoral populations adapt to limited and variable food availability, the implications of the herding way of life for reproductive patterns, population structure and genetic diversity and the impacts of ongoing social and ecological changes on the health and well-being of these populations. This volume will be of broad interest to scholars in anthropology, human biology, genetics and demography.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Human Biology of Pastoral Populations
• Author: William R. LeonardMichael H. Crawford
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9780521780162
• ISBN: 0521780160
• ID: 02042926
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 674 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 158 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. March 2002

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