Základní:
Mielke, J.H., Konigsberg, L.W., Relethford, J.H. (2006). Human biological variation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 418 str.
Doporučená:
Molnar, Stephen, Human variation : races, types, and ethnic groups , Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Prentice Hall 2002.
Moran, E.F., Human adaptability: Introduction to ecological anthropology , New York: Westview Press Inc.,U.S.. 1998.
Pouště:
Baker, T. P. (1958). The Biological Adaptation of Man to Hot Deserts. American Naturalist 92 (867), 337-357.
Hanna, J. M. & Brown, D. E. (1983). Human Heat Tolerance: An Anthropological Perspective. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 12, 259-284.
Noy-Meir, I. (1973). Desert Ecosystems: Environment and Producers. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4, 25-51.
Arktické zóny:
Moran, E. F. (1981). Human Adaptation to Arctic Zones. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 10, 1-25.
So, J. K. (1980). Human Biological Adaptation to Arctic and Subarctic Zones. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 9, 63-82.
Vysoké nadmořské výšky:
Bender, S. & Wright, G. A. (1988). High-Altitude Occupations, Cultural Process, and High Plains Prehistory: Retrospect and Prospect. American Anthropologist 90 (3), 619-639.
Moore, L. G. & Regensteiner, J. G. (1983). Adaptation to High Altitude. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 12, 285-304.
Rhoades, R. E. & Thompson, S. I. (1975). Adaptive Strategies in Alpine Environments: Beyond Ecological Particularism. American Ethnologist 2 (3), 535-551.
Tropické deštné lesy:
Bailey, R. C., Head, G., Jenike, M., Owen, B., Rechtman, R. & Zechenter, E. (1989). Hunting and Gathering in Tropical Rain Forest: Is It Possible?. American Anthropologist 91 (1), 59-82.
Eggert, M. K. H. (1992). The Central African Rain Forest: Historical Speculation and Archaeological Facts. World Archaeology 24 (1), 1-24.
Hanna, J. M. & Brown, D. E. (1983). Human Heat Tolerance: An Anthropological Perspective. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 12, 259-284.
Sponsel, L. E. (1986). Amazon Ecology and Adaptation. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 15, 67-97.