Race and human diversity : a biocultural approach
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Race and human diversity : a biocultural approach
Routledge, 2016, c2011
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Originally published: Pearson Education, 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index
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Race and Human Diversity is an introduction to the study of Human Diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. This text examines the biological basis of human difference and how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. It critiques the notion that humans can or should be classified into a number of "biological races".
Coverage includes discussion of the following topics:
Biological background of human variation
History of racial classification
A critique of the Race Concept
Ethnic disease: How race affects morbidity and morality
Adapative dimensions of human variability: Life in the tropics, the arctic, and high altitude
Physiology of skin color
A critical history of attempts to link race and intelligence
Race as a cultural construct
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Epigraph and Dedication
Preface
1. Race and Biological Diversity in Humans
1.1 On the (non-) existence of human races
1.2 Defining race
1.3 The nature of biological variation in Homo sapiens
1.4 The arbitrariness of the race concept
1.5 An alternative approach to the study of human diversity
1.6 A note on terminology: using the "R" word
1.7 Discussion Questions
1.8 Works Cited
2. Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory
2.1 Darwin and the Galapagos
2.2 Scientific precursors to Darwin
2.3 The elements of the theory of natural selection
2.4 The making of The Origin
2.5 Box One: Charles Darwin on slavery
2.6 Box Two: Intelligent Design: a modern Argument from Design?
2.7 Box Three: Darwin's finches: a case study in evolution
2.8 Discussion Questions
2.9 Works Cited
3. Genetics from Mendel to the Human Genome Project
3.1 Gregor Mendel and the birth of genetics
3.2 Genes, chromosomes and cell division
3.3 The Watson-Crick model of DNA
3.4 The modern synthesis and the four forces of evolution
3.5 The human genome project
3.6 Box One: Rosalind Franklin and the discovery of the structure of DNA
3.7 Box Two: A closer look at James D. Watson
3.8 Box Three: Hemophilia: the royal disease
3.9 Discussion Questions
3.10 Works Cited
4. The History of the Race Concept
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The recent origins of race
4.3 Race and racial classifications
4.4 Race, inequality, and ethnocentrism
4.5 Nineteenth century views
4.6 Twentieth century anthropological views
4.7 The present and future of the race concept in anthropology
4.8 Box One: Linnaeus's 1758 classification of human races
4.9 Box Two: The UNESCO statements on race
4.10 Box Three: BiDil and the birth of racial medicine
4.11 Discussion Questions
4.12 Works Cited
5. Human Adaptation: Thermoregulation and skin color
5.1 Introduction to human adaptation
5.2 A classification of adaptations
5.3 Principles of thermoregulation
5.4 Adaptation to cold environments
5.5 Adaptation to hot environments
5.6 Thermoregulation and body size and shape
5.7 Skin color and solar radiation
5.8 Then structure of skin
5.9 Biological effects of solar radiation
5.10 The evolution of skin color
5.11 Box One: How much heat is lost through evaporation of sweat?
5.12 Box Two: Albinos and Albinism
5.13 Discussion Questions
5.14 Worked Cited
6. Human Adaptation: Life at High Altitude
6.1 High altitude as a human stressor
6.2 Air pressure, oxygen availability, and altitude
6.3 Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
6.4 Acclimatization and the effects of hypoxia
6.5 Adaptive responses to hypoxia
6.6 Adaptation to high altitude in South America
6.7 Diverse adaptations to life at high altitude
6.8 Box One: Athletic competition and training at high altitude
6.9 BoxTwo: Coca and high altitude life in South America
6.10 Discussion Questions
6.11 Works Cited
7. A Biocultural Examination of Nutrition, Health and Growth
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The prehistory of human diet and the Agricultural Revolution
7.3 Nutrition and malnutrition among modern populations
7.4 Malnutrition and human growth and development
7.5 Racial disparities in morbidity and mortality
7.6 Low birthweight and premature babies
7.7 Hypertension and the "slavery hypothesis"
7.8 Sickle cell anemia and malaria
7.9 Box One: Lactose Intolerance: An example of biocultural evolution
7.10 Box Two: The Agricultural Revolution
7.11 Discussion Questions
7.12 Works Cited
8. Race, Intelligence, and Genetics
8.1 Race and intelligence
8.2 Linnaeus and racial stereotypes
8.3 The science of measuring intelligence
8.4 Measuring the IQ of immigrants and soldiers
8.5 Arthur Jensen and the hereditarian view restated
8.6 Return to the future:The Bell Curve
8.7 An evolutionary theory of race?
8.8 Box One: Race and Sports: A Taboo Subject?
8.9 Discussion Questions
8.10 Works Cited
9. Race as a Cultural Construction
9.1 The central paradox of race
9.2 Race in American history
9.3 The Civil Rights Era (1954-1965)
9.4 Race, ethnicity, and American citizenship
9.5 Becoming American
9.6 A nation of immigrants
9.7 Affirmative action and the dream of a color-blind society
9.8 Race is a cultural construction
9.9 Postscript
9.10 Discussion Questions
9.11 Works Cited
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