Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity

Elisa J. Sobo is Professor of Anthropology at San Diego State University, USA.

Preface
Part I: A Systems View of Human Adaptation
Chapter 1. Anthropology and Complexity
Chapter 2. Genetic Adaptation
Chapter 3. Developmental Adjustment and Epigenetic Change
Chapter 4. Emergence of Culture and People Like Us
Chapter 5. Global Expansion, Human Variation, and the Invention of ‘Race’
Part II: Socio-political and Economic Factors
Chapter 6. Foraging: A Human Baseline
Chapter 7. Agricultural Revolution: Another Great Divide
Chapter 8. Epidemics: Human Settlement and Sociality
Chapter 9. Political Economy of Variation in Human Health
Part III: Meaningful Practices
Chapter 10. Diversity in Mind-Body Relations: Stress, Meaning, and Health
Chapter 11. Gender Diversity
Chapter 12. Variation in Body Ideals and Outcomes
Chapter 13. Kinship: So Relative
Conclusion: Respecting Connections
Appendix: Selected Websites
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author