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spite the sketchiness of data over a ZOO-year period.

Those of us interested in vervet monkeys and those of us interested in this rare exam- ple of a natural evolutionary experiment are indebted to Denham for offering plausible alternatives to a previously unchallenged ex- planation of the origin of these populations. However, there are some areas in which this monograph could have been stronger.

Much of the book is devoted to the Barba- dos animals. Because most behavioral stud- ies of vervets have been done on St. Kitts, more emphasis on the St. Kitts animals’ origins and history would have been wel- come. Denham argues that one of the current phenotypic variants, mottled face depigmen- tation, indicates heterogeneity of origin. It is unclear whether this trait is genetic and what, if any, utility it has as a population marker. Finally, as Denham himself sug- gests, this work seems to be premature. He has not yet explored the unpublished mate- rial such as wills and other local records that might bear on his hypothesis. As is, the book is a composite of two articles published in the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Histor- ical Society plus an appendix of the 34 pri- mary sources. Making this work more accessible is of value, but Denham could have rendered a greater service by completing and including additional work in this volume so that we might be closer to answering the important questions raised.

TRUDY R. TURNER Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ANIMAL AND HUMAN CALORIMETRY. By J.A. McLean and C. Tobin. New York: Cam- bridge University Press. 1987. xiii + 338 pp., figures, tables, index. $69.50 (cloth).

This book is a comprehensive compilation of research and development in the complex field of animalhuman calorimetry measure- ments. There are more than 450 reference publications cited. The history of calorimetry is traced from its beginnings 200 years ago with the observations of Lavoisier up to pres- ent-day highly sophisticated electronic meth- ods of gas analysis, automatic control systems, and computer-controlled data log- ging. However, usefulness of this publication is probably limited to those directly involved

in the technology of calorimetry, because the emphasis is on methodology and instrumen- tation rather than biochemical, physiologi- cal, or nutritional implications and appli- cations.

Details of the very latest “direct” calori- metry (heat-sink, convection, differential, gradient layer) and “indirect” (gaseous ex- change, labelled water) methods and instru- ments for measuring heat generation or dissipation from humadanimal bodies are presented. They are applied to determina- tions not only of gross energy metabolism but also of individual chemical elements and major food categories (carbohydrates, fats, proteins). Pros and cons and limitations of the various methods are discussed together with information on calibrations and stan- dards for every aspect of the processes and instruments used. There is a wealth of refer- ence information including a comprehensive review of published values for the various methods, equations, tables of contents, and reference standards to facilitate calculations. For the troubleshooter in calorimetry re- search dealing with malfunctions or discrep- ancies in the calorimetry system, this book may hold the answer.

JEAN PETERS Foods and Nutrition Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

HOMICIDE. By Martin Daly and Margo Wil- son. Hawthorne, NY: Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 1988. xii + 321 pp., tables, figures, index. $42.95 (cloth), $18.95 (paper).

This is no mere criminological tract. Al- though analyses of modern crime statistics- from Canada, Detroit, Miami, Iceland, Aus- tralia, and Belgium-are central to the work, this Darwinian investigation of intrasocietal killings includes equally significant discus- sions of familiar ethnographic cases, from Myans and New Guineans to the Tiv, !Kung San, and Yanomamo, several controlled cross- cultural comparisons, and some British legal history from the 14th century on. The work is an outgrowth of over a decade of work on interpersonal violence and the Darwinian theory of behavior. Daly and Wilson justify their choice of homicide as a salient, if ex- treme, human behavior for which more reli- able data exist than for other nonfatal