240 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Race and Human Diversity
is an introduction to the study of human diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. Robert L. Anemone examines the biological basis of human difference and how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. The book discusses the history of the race concept, evolutionary theory, human genetics, and the connections... Read more
1. Race and Biocultural Diversity in Humans
2. The History of the Race Concept
3. Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory
4. Genetics from Mendel to Unraveling the Human Genome
5. Human Adaptation: Thermoregulation and Skin Color
6. Human Adaptation: Life at High Altitude
7. A Biocultural Examination of Nutrition, Health, and Growth
8. Race, Intelligence, and Eugenics
9. Race as a Social Construction
Biography
Robert L. Anemone is Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.
