Race and Human Diversity: A Biocultural Approach, CourseSmart eTextbookRoutledge, 4 set 2015 - 216 pagine This book lays out some of the basic problems of a biological theory of race, in particular the arbitrariness of most racial classifications based on biological differences between populations. It provides the biological background to a consideration of the biology of human differences. |
Sommario
Preface | |
Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory | |
Genetics from Mendel to the Human Genome Project | |
The History of the Race Concept | |
Thermoregulation and Skin Color | |
Life at High Altitude | |
A Biocultural Examination of Nutrition Health | |
Race Intelligence and Genetics | |
Race as a Cultural Construction | |
Bibliography | |
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Race and Human Diversity: A Biocultural Approach, CourseSmart eTextbook Robert L. Anemone Anteprima limitata - 2015 |
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