Description: The most comprehensive and understandable presentation of the biology of the human body, Starr and McMillan's Fourth Edition of Human Biology continues with the same clarity of writing and profound instructive value of illustrations as in previous editions. Popular and respected, this book provides sound science in an accessible style, bringing concepts of biology into the context of readers' own bodies and lives.-- Updated and expanded treatment of the nature of science and the scientific method is now included. More succinct coverage of metabolism appears in Chapter 3, plus a new chapter-length appendix that allows instructors to substitute more thorough coverage of metabolism, if desired.-- Evolutionary principles and human evolution have been combined into a single, more streamlined chapter to provide clearer, more concise coverage.-- Numerous applications are integrated into the body of the book, in the Chapter Opening.

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