Genetic nature/culture [[electronic resource] ] : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GoodmanAlan H
HeathDeborah <1952-> LindeeM. Susan |
Soggetto topico |
Human population genetics
Human genetics - Research Human genetics - Moral and ethical aspects Anthropological ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
african american amazonia amazons ancient world anthropologist anthropology cloning critique cultural anthropology cultural divide cultural history cultural studies culture discourse dna dolly the sheep essay anthology essay collection eugenics genes genetics health sector healthcare human evolution human genome indigenous people natural world nature scholarly virtual reality |
ISBN |
1-59734-631-4
0-520-92997-7 1-282-35710-7 9786612357107 |
Classificazione | LB 29000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anthropology in an Age of Genetics -- Chapter 1. Indigenous Peoples, Changing Social and Political Landscapes, and Human Genetics in Amazonia -- Chapter 2. Provenance and the Pedigree -- Chapter 3. Flexible Eugenics -- Chapter 4. The Commodification of Virtual Reality -- Chapter 5. Kinship, Genes, and Cloning -- Chapter 6. For the Love of a Good Dog -- Chapter 7. 98% Chimpanzee and 35% Daffodil -- Chapter 8. From Pure Genes to GMOs -- Chapter 9. Future Imaginaries -- Chapter 10. Reflections and Prospects for Anthropological Genetics in South Africa -- Chapter 11. The Genetics of African Americans -- Chapter 12. Human Races in the Context of Recent Human Evolution -- Chapter 13. Buried Alive -- Chapter 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783089903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Race and human diversity : a biocultural approach / / Robert L. Anemone |
Autore | Anemone Robert L. |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019 |
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 |
ISBN |
1-315-17994-6
1-351-71786-3 1-351-71785-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831860803321 |
Anemone Robert L. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019 | ||
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