Readings in Biological Anthropology

The book is a rich collection of research papers from renowned biological anthropologists from different parts of India. This book is an outcome of the national seminar on New arenas of Biological Anthropology in India’ that was organised in the Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. The collection encompasses nineteen research papers under nineteen chapters focusing on various important contemporary issues in biological anthropology in India. These include crucial aspects like prevalence of hypertension, polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndromes genetic interpretations of aggression and so on. This edited volume will be a very good source of information about population variations in body composition, dental eruption, mental health and nutritional status, especially for the budding researchers of biological Anthropology and Human Biology. (jacket)