Contents xxiiiThe Social Significance of Race: Racism 284
Race and Behavior 284
Race and Intelligence 284
Studying Human Biological Diversity 288
Culture and Biological Diversity 290
Skin Color: A Case Study in Adaptation 292
Race and Human Evolution 294Anthropologist of Note: Fatimah Jackson 280
Original Study: A Feckless Quest for the Basketball
Gene 286
Biocultural Connection: Beans, Enzymes, and Adaptation
to Malaria 292Questions for Reflection 296
Suggested Readings 29713 Human Adaptation to a Changing World
World 298Human Adaptation to Natural Environmental
Stressors 301
Adaptation to High Altitude 303
Adaptation to Cold 304
Adaptation to Heat 305
Human-Made Stressors of a Changing World 305
The Development of Medical Anthropology 306Science, Illness, and Disease 307
Evolutionary Medicine 312
Symptoms as Defense Mechanisms 312
Evolution and Infectious Disease 313
The Political Ecology of Disease 314
Prion Diseases 314
Medical Pluralism 315
Globalization, Health, and Structural Violence 315
Population Size and Health 316
Poverty and Health 317
Environmental Impact and Health 317
The Future of Homo sapiens 320Anthropologist of Note: Peter Ellison 302
Original Study: Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West
Africa 310
Biocultural Connection: Picturing Pesticides 319Questions for Reflection 321
Suggested Readings 321Glossary 322Bibliography 327Credits 344Index 34612196_FM_pi-xliii.indd xxiii12196_FM_pi-xliii.indd xxiii 2/4/10 1:41:49 AM2/4/10 1:41:49 AM