Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: A Unified Approach by Sobo PB..

Name: Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: A Unified Approach by Sobo PB..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Dynamics of Human Biocultural DiversityA Unified Approach\nAuthor(s): Elisa J. Sobo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138589711, 978-1138589711\nSynopsis\nThis lively text by leading medical anthropologist Elisa J. Sobo offers a unique, holistic approach to human diversity and rises to the challenge of truly integrating biology and culture. The inviting writing style and fascinating examples make important ideas from complexity theory and epigenetics accessible to students. In this second edition, the material has been updated to reflect changes in both the scientific and socio-cultural landscape, for example in relation to topics such as the microbiome and transgender. Readers learn to conceptualize human biology and culture concurrentlyas an adaptive biocultural capacity that has helped to produce the rich range of human diversity seen today. With clearly structured topics, an extensive glossary and suggestions.