ISBN:
9781315662985
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Race and Human Diversity : A Biocultural Approach
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Anthropology
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Race Social aspects
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Race ; Social aspects
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Anthropology
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Race and Biological Diversity in Humans; On the Nonexistence of Human Races; Defining Race; The Nature of Biological Variation in Homo sapiens; The Arbitrariness of the Race Concept; An Alternative Approach to the Study of Human Diversity; A Note on Terminology: Using the "R" Word; Discussion Questions; Chapter 2 Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory; Darwin and the Galápagos; Scientific Precursors to Darwin; The Elements of the Theory of Natural Selection; The Making of The Origin
Description / Table of Contents:
Discussion QuestionsChapter 3 Genetics from Mendel to the Human Genome Project; Gregor Mendel and the Birth of Genetics; Genes, Chromosomes, and Cell Division; The Watson-Crick Model of DNA; The Modern Synthesis and the Four Forces of Evolution; The Human Genome Project; Discussion Questions; Chapter 4 The History of the Race Concept; The Concept of Race; The Recent Origins of Race; Race and Racial Classifications; Race, Inequality, and Ethnocentrism; Nineteenth-Century Views; Twentieth-Century Anthropological Views; The Present and Future of the Race Concept in Anthropology
Description / Table of Contents:
Discussion QuestionsChapter 5 Human Adaptation: Thermoregulation and Skin Color; Introduction to Human Adaptation; A Classification of Adaptations; Principles of Thermoregulation; Adaptation to Cold Environments; Adaptation to Hot Environments; Thermoregulation and Body Size and Shape; Skin Color and Solar Radiation; The Structure of Skin; Biological Effects of Solar Radiation; The Evolution of Skin Color; Discussion Questions; Chapter 6 Human Adaptation: Life at High Altitude; High Altitude as a Human Stressor; Air Pressure, Oxygen Availability, and Altitude
Description / Table of Contents:
Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory SystemsAcclimatization and the Effects of Hypoxia; Adaptive Responses to Hypoxia; Adaptation to High Altitude in South America; Diverse Adaptations to Life at High Altitude; Discussion Questions; Chapter 7 A Biocultural Examination of Nutrition, Health, and Growth; Introduction; The Human Diet Before and After the Agricultural Revolution; Nutrition and Malnutrition among Modern Populations; Malnutrition and Human Growth and Development; Racial Disparities in Morbidity and Mortality; Low Birthweight and Premature Births
Description / Table of Contents:
Hypertension and the "Slavery Hypothesis"Sickle-Cell Anemia and Malaria; Discussion Questions; Chapter 8 Race, Intelligence, and Genetics; Race and Intelligence; Linnaeus and Racial Stereotypes; The Science of Measuring Intelligence; Measuring the IQ of Immigrants and Soldiers; Arthur Jensen and the Hereditarian View Restated; Return to the Future: The Bell Curve; An Evolutionary Theory of Race?; Discussion Questions; Chapter 9 Race as a Cultural Construction; The Central Paradox of Race; Race in American History; The Civil Rights Era; Race, Ethnicity, and American Citizenship
Description / Table of Contents:
Becoming American
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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