Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation
Ashley H. Robins
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 and illustrated. Detailed reflectance data from worldwide surveys of skin color are also presented. Next, historical and contemporary backgrounds of the phenomenon are explored in relation to the so-called color problem in society. Finally, the possible evolutionary forces that shape human pigmentation are assessed.
年:
2005
出版社:
Cambridge University Press
语言:
english
页:
268
ISBN 10:
0511600461
ISBN 13:
9780521365147
系列:
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
文件:
PDF, 12.15 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2005
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