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This unique study of Ice Age Siberia uses evidence of human and animal bone damage to propose a new hypothesis for the relatively late... Læs mere
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Exploring developments in palaeoanthropology since the discovery of Australopithecus africanus in 1924, this book is a valuable companion for students... Læs mere
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Whilst many books have addressed human evolution and the human fossil record, very few have examined our fossil ape relatives. This volume synthesises genetic, ecological... Læs mere
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Because low birth weight is often accompanied by social risk factors such as minority racial status, low education, young maternal age, and low income, the... Læs mere
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Offers a picture of the daily life of rural Malays, focusing on their dietary practices and the ritual and medical aspects of childbirth procedures.
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Presents the field of molecular anthropology - a synthesis of the holistic approach of anthropology with the reductive approach of molecular... Læs mere
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An exploration of the border between medical and social problems, the boundary between health and social change, and a study of the body as the mediator between individual and collective experience. The author argues for an ethnographic approach to moral practice in medicine.
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Emphasizes the social conditions linked to ill health and the development of local healing traditions, from Morocco to South Africa and from the... Læs mere
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In this study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in 19th-century France, the author provides a historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe.
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These essays ask how patients and practitioners know what they know - what evidence of disease or health they consider convincing and what cultural traditions and symbols... Læs mere
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Investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible feature influences our... Læs mere
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The contributors to this study of medical anthropology examine the contexts in which all socially and culturally constructed knowledge is produced and practised in medicine, psychiatry, epidemiology and anthropology.