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What it means to be 98% chimpanzee : apes, people, and their genes /

Presenting the field of molecular anthropology - a synthesis of the holistic approach of anthropology with the reductive approach of molecular genetics - this text provides an understanding of the science of human evolution and confronts the problems of racial classification in science head on.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955-
Corporate Author: University of California Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Molecular anthropology
  • The ape in you
  • How people differ from one another
  • The meaning of human variation
  • Behavioral genetics
  • Folk heredity
  • Human nature
  • Human rights ... for apes?
  • A human gene museum?
  • Identity and descent
  • Is blood really so damn thick?
  • Science, religion, and worldview.