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Race and human diversity : a biocultural approach / / Robert L. Anemone



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Autore: Anemone Robert L.
Titolo: Race and human diversity : a biocultural approach / / Robert L. Anemone
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019
Edizione: Second edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
Disciplina: 305.8
Soggetto topico: Race - Social aspects
Anthropology
Soggetto non controllato: 1000 Genomes
23 and Me
Biogeographic ancestry
Genotypes
HapMap
Lewontin
Mitochondrial Eve
Spencer Wells
Thermoregulation
biodiversity
biology
black lives matter
blacklivesmatter
charles darwin
developmental plasticity
diversity
dutch famine
epigenetics
evolution
evolutionary theory
gene introgression
genetics
health inequality
health outcomes
history of race
human adaptation
human diversity
human genetic diversity project
human genome
hunger winter
mendel
nutrition
paleo diet
police violence
race
skin color
skin colour
white privilege
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Preface to the second edition; 1 Race and biological diversity in humans; 2 The history of the race concept; 3 Charles Darwin and evolutionary theory; 4 Genetics from Mendel to the Human Genome Project; 5 Human adaptation: thermoregulation and skin color; 6 Human adaptation: life at high altitude; 7 Nutrition, health, and growth; 8 Race, intelligence, and eugenics; 9 Race as a cultural construction; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Race and Human Diversity is an introduction to the study of human diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. Robert L. Anemone examines the biological basis of human difference and how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. The book discusses the history of the race concept, evolutionary theory, human genetics, and the connections between racial classifications and racism. It invites students to question the existence of race as biology, but to recognize race as a social construction with significant implications for the lived experience of individuals and populations. This second edition has been thoroughly revised, with new material on human genetic diversity, developmental plasticity and epigenetics. There is additional coverage of the history of eugenics; race in US history, citizenship and migration; affirmative action; and white privilege and the burden of race. Fully accessible for undergraduate students with no prior knowledge of genetics or statistics, this is a key text for any student taking an introductory class on race or human diversity.
ISBN: 1-315-17994-6
1-351-71786-3
1-351-71785-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910831860803321
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