Jonathan Marks

Human Biodiversity

Genes, Race, and History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomies-with a stereotypical humanist answering in the affirmative and a stereotypical scientist answering in the negative.

The study of human biology is different from the study of the biology of other species. In the simplest terms, people's lives and welfare may depend upon it, in a sense that they may not depend on the study of other scientific subjects. Where science is used to validate ideas-four out of five scientists preferring a brand of cigarettes or toothpaste-there is a tendency to accept the judgment as authoritative without asking the kinds of questions we might ask of other citizens' pronouncements.

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Produktdetails

• Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior
• Verlag: Aldine, N.Y. / De Gruyter
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y348519
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780202020334
• ISBN-10: 0202020339
• Artikelnr.: 09298713

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Marks

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments, 1. THE HIERARCHY, 2. PROCESSES AND PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF OUR SPECIES, 3. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AS THE STUDY OF HUMAN VARIATION, 4. THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY AND THE BIOLOGY OF HISTORY, 5. THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT, 6. RACIAL AND RACIST ANTHROPOLOGY, 7. PATTERNS OF VARIATION IN HUMAN POPULATIONS, 8. HUMAN MOLECULAR AND MICROEVOLUTIONARY GENETICS, 9. HUMAN DIVERSITY IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN GENETICS, 10. THE ADAPTIVE NATURE OF HUMAN VARIATION, 11. HEALTH AND HUMAN POPULATIONS, 12. HUMAN TRAITS: HERITAGE OR HABITUS?, 13. GENETICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 14. CONCLUSIONS, Appendix: DNA Structure and Function, Index

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Acknowledgments
1. THE HIERARCHY
2. PROCESSES AND PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF OUR SPECIES
3. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AS THE STUDY OF HUMAN VARIATION
4. THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY AND THE BIOLOGY OF HISTORY
5. THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT
6. RACIAL AND RACIST ANTHROPOLOGY
7. PATTERNS OF VARIATION IN HUMAN POPULATIONS
8. HUMAN MOLECULAR AND MICROEVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
9. HUMAN DIVERSITY IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN GENETICS
10. THE ADAPTIVE NATURE OF HUMAN VARIATION
11. HEALTH AND HUMAN POPULATIONS
12. HUMAN TRAITS: HERITAGE OR HABITUS?
13. GENETICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
14. CONCLUSIONS
Appendix: DNA Structure and Function
Index