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THE BIOLOGY OF HUMAN ADAPTABILITY
by Baker, Paul T. & J. S. Weiner, eds
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. Later printing--expanded. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo, black cloth with gilt-stamping on spiine, numerous charts & tables, corrected and expanded with an extra chapter on South-East Asia, dust jacket (clipped), 573 pages. Important study of human adaptations--physiological and genetic--to different environments around the world; among them: Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia & New Guinea, India, and Israel. Binding solid, tight, and bright; pages bright. DJ (Brodart-protected) a trifle worn and very slightly chipped at edges, else a Fine Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34
- Title
- THE BIOLOGY OF HUMAN ADAPTABILITY
- Author
- Baker, Paul T. & J. S. Weiner, eds
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing--expanded
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Biology, human, evolution, anthropology, work, Africa, India, South-East Asia, South America, American Indians, Australia, New Guinea, Israel.
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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