HUMAN BIOLOGY

PREFACE xix Chapter 20’s discussions of chromosomes and human genetics includes general updating, a new example to illustrate th ...

xx PREFACE Influential Reviewers Sheila Prabhakar Abraham Southeastern University John Alcock Arizona State University Donald K. ...

PREFACE xxi Glenn M. Fox Jackson Community College John E. Frey Mankato State University Jeffery Froehlich University of New Mex ...

xxii PREFACE Robert C. Little Medical College of Georgia Cran Lucas Louisiana State University, Shreveport Elizabeth A. Machunis ...

PREFACE xxiii Lois Sealy Valencia Community College Gordon M. Shepherd Yale University – School of Medicine John W. Sherman Erie ...

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In this textbook, be on the lookout for a basic theme in biology: Complex structures and functions often emerge from the interac ...

2 Chapter 1 1.1 n Several basic characteristics allow us to distinguish between living things and nonliving objects. Living and ...

Learning about human bioLogy 3 n Human beings arose as a distinct group of animals during an evolutionary journey that began bil ...

4 Chapter 1 1.3 Life’s organization n Nature is organized on many levels, from nonliving materials to the entire living world ...

Learning about human bioLogy 5 (cardiovascular system) G organism (human) Ccell (muscle cells) E organ (heart) Aatom B molecule ...

6 Chapter 1 1.4 Using science to Explain natural Events n Scientists try to explain natural phenomena by making and testing pred ...

Learning about human bioLogy 7 interested in the same topic could accurately repeat the work. Hypotheses that are supported by t ...

8 Chapter 1 1.5 Critical thinking in science and Life n To think critically, it is important to evaluate information before acce ...

Learning about human bioLogy 9 1.6 science in perspective n A scientific theory explains a large number of observations. We know ...

10 Chapter 1 ( each chapter of this book includes information about diseases and disorders. regardless of whether it’s a case of ...

Learning about human bioLogy 11 with—Lyme disease, which is a major emerging disease in the united States. it is caused by a spe ...

12 Chapter 1 ExpLorEon yoUr oWn As you read in Section 1.4, having a sample of test subjects or observations that is too small c ...

Learning about human bioLogy 13 sUmmary section 1.1 Humans have the char- acteristics found in all forms of life, as listed in T ...

14 Chapter 1 Court witnesses are asked “to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Research shows, however ...