Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series)
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Skin color is perhaps the most decisive and abused physical characteristic of humankind. This book presents a multidisciplinary overview of how and why human populations vary so markedly in their skin color. The biological aspects of the pigment cell and its production of melanin are reviewed. The functions of melanin in the skin, brain, eye and ear are considered, and the common clinical abnormalities of pigmentation, such as albinism, are described...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521365147
ISBN13:9780521365147
Release Date:July 1991
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:268 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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