General Editor's Preface
Introduction
SECTION ONE: PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AMONG HUMAN POPULATIONS
Skin Color Variability in the Middle East
Factor Analysis of Anthropometric Data for Fifteen Race-Age- National Origin Specific Groups
Certain Problems of Ethnic Anthropology in Southwest Asia in the Light of the Latest Research
Recent Anthropological Data on the Ammassalimiut Eskimo of East Greenland: Comparative Studies
Natural Selection and Physical Adaptation to a Biotype of Tropical Africa
Territorial Morphofunctional Studies in the Soviet Union: The Problem of Adaptive Types
Adaptation of Morphology to Climate in Central Africa
The Differential Geography of Races
Blood Levels of Some Biochemical Components among Negroid Individuals with Hemoglobin A and AS
Genogeography of Blood Factors in the Transcaucasus
Morphological Peculiarities of the Body Frame in Different Ethnoterritorial Groups
Effects of Isolation on Genetic Variability: Macaque Populations as Model Systems
SECTION TWO: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Variations in Female Physique
Body Composition of Japanese Children: Factor Analysis of Development
Genetics of Human Morphological Characters
Lean Body Mass in Young, Adult, and Advanced Age Groups
Skeletal Maturation of Japanese-American Hybrids
Growth and Environment Studies in Czechoslovakia
Some Biosocial Determinants of the Growth, Health, and Nutritional Status of Papua New Guinean Preschool Children
Processes of Human Growth in High Altitudes
Research on Puberty in Haiti
The Development of Gypsy Children in Changing Living Conditions
The Relationship Between Human Body Constitution, Longevity, Disease, and Causes of Death
One of the Factors of Brachycephalization over the Centuries: The Susceptibility of Dolichocephals to Tuberculosis
A Study of Morphological Variables and Genetic Markers in Urban and Rural South African Negro Male Populations
Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example
Progressive Decline in Stature in India: A Study of Sixty Population Groups
A Study of Height, Weight, and Arm Girth Measurements of Punjabi Males
Nutrition and Pregnancy
The Age at Menarche in Venezuelan Students Residing in Metropolitan Caracas
The Relevance of Nourishment to the Reproductive Cycle of the Female in India
An Anatomical View of Demographic Data: Biomass, Fat Mass, and Lean Body Mass of the United States and Mexican Human Populations
Individual Differences in Skeletal Muscle Fiber Composition
Adaptive Strategies of Human Populations under Nutritional Stress
SECTION THREE: EFFECTS OF CHROMOSOMAL VARIATION ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Comments on the Effects of Chromosomal Variation on Human Development
The XX Male and the XY Female in Humans
Hormonal Factors in Formative Processes
Polyploidy in Humans and Other Vertebrates
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects