The Human Biology of Pastoral Populations Hardback: 30 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 30) - Tapa dura

Review of the hardback: '... this volume of high quality papers will be of most interest and reward to the specialists in nomadic pastoral societies who already have a lot of factual knowledge about these societies.' The Agricultural History Review

Review of the hardback: '... this is the fullest coverage, to my knowledge, of the human biology of pastoralists ... this is a very interesting and unique overview of issues pertaining to human biology among pastoralists, and covers a wide range of themes and geographical areas ... it does add considerable breadth to our understanding of the dynamics of contemporary pastoralist populations.' Annals of Human Biology

William R. Leonard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, Illinois. He is a biological anthropologist whose research focusses heavily on aspects of physiology, nutrition and health. He has extensive fieldwork experience in Siberia and Latin America examining how human populations adapt to extreme environments.