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... energy flow characteristic of its organic and inorganic components . A full understanding of a human ecosystem requires much more than an analysis of its energy pathways . Factors such as population size and density , sex ratio , age ...
... energy flow characteristic of its organic and inorganic components . A full understanding of a human ecosystem requires much more than an analysis of its energy pathways . Factors such as population size and density , sex ratio , age ...
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... energy produced to be greater than the energy expended in producing it . This factor reflects both the technological inventory of food production and the application of that technology by the food- producers to the tasks of food ...
... energy produced to be greater than the energy expended in producing it . This factor reflects both the technological inventory of food production and the application of that technology by the food- producers to the tasks of food ...
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... energy system . Environmental restraints upon human food - energy systems are not always immediately apparent even to the expert . Extreme caution must be exercised before concluding that a particular culture could " easily " raise its ...
... energy system . Environmental restraints upon human food - energy systems are not always immediately apparent even to the expert . Extreme caution must be exercised before concluding that a particular culture could " easily " raise its ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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