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- catalog abstract ""The present volume is an attempt to synthesize, present, and argue for what has been learned and remains to be learned about the biological differences within and among human groups. Marks, a biologist as well as an anthropologist, avails himself of the data generated by molecular genetics about the hereditary composition of the human species. As it happens, genetics has undermined the fundamental assumptions of racial taxonomy, for genetic variation has turned out to be, to a large extent, polymorphism (variation within groups) rather than polytypy (variation among groups). Though populations at geographical extremes can be contrasted, the fundamental units of the human species are populations rather than races. Further, genetics provides little in the way of reliable biological history of our species, because human populations are culturally-defined, as well as biological, entities. And genetics has often been used as a scientific validation for cultural values - from the idea that there is indeed a small number of genetically distinct kinds of people ("races") to be identified to more pervasive suggestions about the relationship of genetics to behavior." "In its presentation of the bio-cultural nature of human diversity as well as in its presentation of the history of the problem and the illusions embedded in that history, this will be a widely used textbook that fills a void in the literature of biology and of physical anthropology."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7658953.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""The present volume is an attempt to synthesize, present, and argue for what has been learned and remains to be learned about the biological differences within and among human groups. Marks, a biologist as well as an anthropologist, avails himself of the data generated by molecular genetics about the hereditary composition of the human species. As it happens, genetics has undermined the fundamental assumptions of racial taxonomy, for genetic variation has turned out to be, to a large extent, polymorphism (variation within groups) rather than polytypy (variation among groups). Though populations at geographical extremes can be contrasted, the fundamental units of the human species are populations rather than races. Further, genetics provides little in the way of reliable biological history of our species, because human populations are culturally-defined, as well as biological, entities. And genetics has often been used as a scientific validation for cultural values - from the idea that there is indeed a small number of genetically distinct kinds of people ("races") to be identified to more pervasive suggestions about the relationship of genetics to behavior." "In its presentation of the bio-cultural nature of human diversity as well as in its presentation of the history of the problem and the illusions embedded in that history, this will be a widely used textbook that fills a void in the literature of biology and of physical anthropology."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-313) and index.".
- catalog description "The hierarchy -- Processes and patterns in the evolutionary history of our species -- Physical anthropology as the study of human variation -- The history of biology and the biology of history -- The eugenics movement -- Racial and racist anthropology -- Patterns of variation in human populations -- Human molecular and microevolutionary genetics -- Human diversity in the light of modern genetics -- The adaptive nature of human variation -- Health and human populations -- Human traits: heritage or habitus? -- Genetics and the evolution of human behavior.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 321 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0202020320 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0202020339 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Foundations of human behavior".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Aldine de Gruyter,".
- catalog subject "1995 D-730".
- catalog subject "573 20".
- catalog subject "Anthropology, Physical.".
- catalog subject "Biodiversity.".
- catalog subject "Continental Population Groups genetics.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics History.".
- catalog subject "GN 62.8 M346h 1995".
- catalog subject "GN62.8 .M37 1995".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Population.".
- catalog subject "Human population genetics.".
- catalog subject "Molecular Biology.".
- catalog subject "Molecular genetics.".
- catalog subject "Physical anthropology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The hierarchy -- Processes and patterns in the evolutionary history of our species -- Physical anthropology as the study of human variation -- The history of biology and the biology of history -- The eugenics movement -- Racial and racist anthropology -- Patterns of variation in human populations -- Human molecular and microevolutionary genetics -- Human diversity in the light of modern genetics -- The adaptive nature of human variation -- Health and human populations -- Human traits: heritage or habitus? -- Genetics and the evolution of human behavior.".
- catalog title "Human biodiversity : genes, race, and history / Jonathan Marks.".
- catalog type "text".