Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History

Marks, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0202020339 / ISBN 13: 9780202020334

Edité par Routledge, 1995

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Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l'auteur:

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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History
Éditeur : Routledge
Date d'édition : 1995
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket