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Human Biology and Social Inequality
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Human Biology and Social Inequality, edited by S.S. Strickland and P.S. Shetty. Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium 39. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 346 pp. $74.95.
A book dealing with the subject of human biology and social inequality is a welcome contribution to the discipline of human biology. As Human Biology and Social Inequality illustrates, social inequality is a major mediator of human health status and ultimately human evolution and is th...
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