Human biology in Papua New Guinea : the small cosmos
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Human biology in Papua New Guinea : the small cosmos
（Research monographs on human population biology, no. 10）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1992
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Papua New Guinea shows great diversity in a small geographical area. More than a quarter of the world's languages are found there among less than four million people. It can thus be regarded as a `small cosmos' in which complex interrelationships can be studied within a connected whole.
In this book, the human biology of Papua New Guinea is described and studies are presented of the geography, demography, social anthropology, linguistics, and human genetics of the country. These studies are linked to biomedical and epidemiological research. The results are of wider significance and will be of interest to those working in human biology and biomedicine elsewhere in the world.
Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Michael P. Alpers & Robert D. Attenborough: Human Biology in a Small Cosmos
- Bryant J. Allen: The geography of Papua New Guinea
- Ian D. Riley & Deborah Lehmann: The demography of Papua New Guinea: migration, fertility, and mortality patterns
- James W. Wood: Fertility and reproductive biology in Papua New Guinea
- William A. Foley: Language and identity in Papua New Guinea
- Ian Lilley: Papua New Guinea's human past: the evidence of archaeology
- Robert L. Kirk: Population origins in Papua New Guinea - a human biological overview
- Susan W. Serjeantson, Philip G. Board, & Kuldeep K. Bhatia: Population genetics in Papua New Guinea: a perspective on human evolution
- Peter F. Heywood & Nicholas G. Norgan: Human growth in Papua New Guinea
- Peter F. Heywood & Carol Jenkins: Nutrition in Papua New Guinea
- John Lourie, Grahame Budd, & H. Ross Anderson: Physiological adaptability in Papua New Guinea
- Ian D. Riley, Deborah Lehmann, & Michael P. Alpers: Acute respiratory infections
- H. Ross Anderson & Ann J. Woolcock: Chronic lung disease and asthma in Papua New Guinea
- Jacqueline A. Cattani: The epidemiology of malaria in Papua New Guinea
- Michael P. Alpers: Kuru
- Gregor Lawrence: Pigbel
- Guy Barnish: The epidemiology of intestinal parasites in Papua New Guinea
- Peter F. Heywood: Iodine-deficiency disorders in Papua New Guinea
- Hilary King: The epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific: adverse consequences of natural selection in the face of sociocultural change
- Peter F. Sinnett, Isi H. Kevau, & Daniel Tyson: Social change and the emergence of degenerative cardiovascular disease in Papua New Guinea
- Carol Jenkins: Medical anthropology in Papua New Guinea: a challenge
- Appendix: Institutional addresses
- Index.
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