Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Goodkova Lyudmila K., Ph.D., D.Sc., e-mail: lkgoodkova@bk.ru
The study of variability and its аррropriatenesses is included in the definition of anthro-pology. Without understanding аррropriatenesses of variability it is impossible to understand human evolution, geographic variations of his physical type, the relationship of hereditary and environmental factors in its formation, the ontogenetic development and manifestation of sexual dimorphism. The study of adaptive variability, i.e. the study on the population level of the physiological adaptation of the human organism to a variety of environmental conditions, is the main purpose and the basic principle of physiological anthropology. In the article in the aspect of physiological anthropology are discussed the concepts of variability, a reaction norm, adaptive norm, the various classifications of phenomena of variability and the main methods of its analy-sis. Great attention is paid to the variation coefficient. Its diagnostic value tested of the works on the adaptive possibilities of populations. The difficulty of study of variability in physiological anthropology lies in the holistic approach. As population factors are affected not only on single characteristics but on their complexes, take on special significance value of the variability of characteristics as a whole.
physiological (ecological) anthropology, variability, fitness (adaptation), variation coefficient
Цит.: Goodkova L.K. Variability as a concept and as the main content of the physiological (ecological) anthro-pology. Part I // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2013; 3/2013; с. 4-14
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