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The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology by Jonathan M Marks is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology about?
In The Alternative Introduction To Biological Anthropology, Author Jon Marks Presents An Innovative Framework For Thinking About The Major Issues In The Field With Fourteen Original Essays Designed To Correlate To The Core Chapters In Standard Textbooks. Each Chapter Draws On And Complements -- But Does Not Reconstitute (except For The Sake Of Clarity) -- The Major Data And Ideas Presented In Standard Texts. Marks Explores Such Topics As How We Make Sense Of Data About Our Origins, Where Our Modern Ideas Comes From, Our Inability To Separate Natural Facts From Cultural Facts And Values As We Try To Understand Ourselves, And The Social And Political Aspects Of Science As A Culturally Situated Mental Activity.--publisher's Description. Machine Generated Contents Note: Ch. 1 What Is Anthropology, What Is Biological Anthropology, And Should I Be Getting Science Credit For This? (on The Philosophy Of Science) -- Theme -- What Is Anthropology? -- The Subfields Of Anthropology -- The Anthropology Of Science -- The Normative View Of Science: Scientific Method -- The Social Matrix Of Science -- Relativizing Science -- The Origins Of Anthropology -- The Origins Of Physical Anthropology -- Bi
Who reads The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jonathan M Marks
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195157031
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14