Research Strategies in Human Biology: Field and Survey Studies (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 13) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521019095 ISBN 13: 9780521019095

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book is about the process of doing research in human biology. Seasoned researchers share their experiences working on problems of interest to biological anthropologists, including environmental stresses, population genetics, parasitic vectors and vital records. They describe obstacles encountered and successful strategies employed in their own studies and in those of others that may be of use to beginning researchers in this area.

About this title

Book Description:

This book is about the process of doing research, not about the results obtained. A number of researchers with experience working on problems including environmental stresses, population genetics, parasitic vectors and vital records describe obstacles encountered and successful strategies employed in their own studies and in those of others. One learns to do research by trial and error, but accounts such as these can supplement what one learns from mentors and fellow students.

Review:

"This is a very good and useful book. I recommend it to graduate students and new professional anthropologists interested in, or doing, human biology, and to those engaged in their training or supervision. It would also benefit undergraduate seniors who are planning graduate work as well as most of the more senior among us." Evelyn J. Bowers-Bienkowski, American Journal of Human Biology

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521019095
• ISBN 13: 9780521019095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Lasker Gabriel Ward, Mascie-Taylor C. G. Nicholas