ANTH 337 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reductionism, Epidemiological Method, Allopathic Medicine
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Human bio is founded on an evolutionary perspective. The recognition of different types of biological adaptation is at the core of human bio. A biocultural and cross-cultural perspective is a unifying principle. Human biologists investigate the genetic, environmental, and cultural determinants of biological variability in living people. Study how the human species evolved, how individual humans change over the lifespan, how humans adapt to external stressors, and how human biology and culture interact to shape disease risk. Primary interest is in biological, as opposed to behavioral, characteristics. Often study remote groups whose lives are very different. Interested in understanding the effects of the many different environments with which humans must cope, and are often particularly interested in responses to severe environmental stressors. Human biologists primary interest is in the characteristics of groups of individuals (populations) Both biomedical doctors and human biologists are interested in the biological characteristics of.
