What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes
Author:   Jonathan Marks
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520240643


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 November 2003
Format:   Paperback
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What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes


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Marks presents the field of molecular anthropology-a synthesis of the holistic approach of anthropology with the reductive approach of molecular genetics-as a way of improving our understanding of the science of human evolution. This iconoclastic, witty, and extremely readable book illuminates the deep background of our place in nature and asks us to think critically about what science is, and what passes for it, in modern society.

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Author:   Jonathan Marks
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520240643


ISBN 10:   0520240642
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 November 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction ONE MOLECULAR ANTHROPOLOGY TWO THE APE IN YOU THREE HOW PEOPLE DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER FOUR THE MEANING OF HUMAN VARIATION FIVE BEHAVIORAL GENETICS SIX FOLK HEREDITY SEVEN HUMAN NATURE EIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS ... FOR APES? NINE A HUMAN GENE MUSEUM? TEN IDENTITY AND DESCENT ELEVEN IS BLOOD REALLY SO DAMN THICK? TWELVE SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND WORLDVIEW Notes and Sources Index

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A real treasure trove of thoughtful, progressive scientific thought. -- The Nation


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Jonathan Marks teaches at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the author of Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995) and coauthor, with Edward Staski, of Evolutionary Anthropology (1992).

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