Books in the Cambridge Social Biology Topics series

This concise introductory textbook covers the biochemical, behavioural and social factors which influence the mind. It discusses all commonly misused groups of drugs, including those available on prescription, hallucinogens, narcotics, and socially acceptable drugs such as caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. The final chapters deal with mental health and illness.

A concise account of human evolution for advanced school and first year university students, Origins of Humankind covers evolutionary theory, the primates, the human fossil story, the cultural evolution of humans and the origins of agriculture and civilisation.

This book, first published in 1984, opens with a consideration of crops in general and goes on to examine specific crops such as wheat, rye and barley. The author then considers various types of farming, using settled agriculture, crop rotation and intensive systems as his examples.

This book opens with a description of the human reproductive system followed by accounts of fertilisation and development from puberty through to menopause. Information on pregnancy, birth control, infertility, twins and other aspects of reproductive study is included.

This is a comprehensive account of the behaviour and social organisation of humans and other animals. The development and evolution of all types of behaviour are reviewed using up-to-date examples. There is a full survey of all the classic behavioural research including the latest information available.

First published in 1990, this book provides a broad coverage of the subject of human nutrition. Starting with a discussion of the basic chemistry or the major food substances it goes on to deal with the digestion, absorption and metabolism of food and with the normal and abnormal functioning of the major organs involved in metabolism.