Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History Contributor(s): Marks, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0202020339 ISBN-13: 9780202020334 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics |
Dewey: 573 |
LCCN: 94019450 |
Lexile Measure: 1380 |
Series: Foundations of Human Behavior |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (1.03 lbs) 321 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Marks, Jonathan: - Jonathan Marks is a professor of anthropology, at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He earned his M.S. in genetics, and M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Arizona, and has conducted postdoctoral research in genetics at the University of California at Davis. Mark's work on -molecular anthropology- has been widely published in professional journals. |