METHODS AND PRINCIPLES:An Introduction to Physical Anthropology. E. P. Stibbe

Physical Anthropology

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder after Alzheimer's disease. Due to the complex etiology of PD, there is possibility that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in PARKIN gene could be associated with the disease and lead to the pathogenesis by genoenvironmental interactions. Role of PARKIN polymorphisms as risk factors varies in diff...

Introduction: Recuperating economic anthropology

‘Transforming Economies, Changing States’ were the themes of the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, held in Canberra at the Australian National University from 30 October to 2 November 2007. We were fortunate that our keynote speaker, Prof. Anna L. Tsing, addressed both conference themes directly in her stimulating address entitled ‘Beyond Economic and Ecological Stand...

Genetics and the Races of Man. An Introduction to Modern Physical Anthropology. William C. Boyd

theories propounded. The names of Wissler, Spier and Dixon are absent from the bibliography; Nordenskiold’s Comparative Ethnographical Studies are not discussed. Canals Frau’s thinking has been heavily influenced by the writings of his fellow countryman JosC Imbelloni, whose “culturology” has its roots in the work of Graebner and Schmidt. Imbelloni’s ascendency in academic anthropology in Argen...

Introduction: Configuring Anthropology

The authors present examples of how anthropologists are presently using computers to advance ethnographic research in new directions while building on what has come before. All the methods, protocols and tools created by the authors are free, open source, and available on the internet. The contributions are the authors’ attempts to address greater complexity through greater ‘control’ over the d...

Physical Anthropology and Gender Issues