Title:
How humans adapt : a biocultural odyssey / Donald J. Ortner, editor ; foreword by S. Dillon Ripley ; epilog by Wilton S. Dillon.
[Smithsonian international symposia series]
Author:
Ortner, Donald J.
Smithsonian Institution.
General Notes:
Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution's seventh international symposium, held Nov. 8-12, 1981, Washington, D.C., Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution's seventh international symposium, held Nov. 8-12, 1981, Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press,
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C. :
ISBN:
0874747260
9780874747263
0874747252 (pbk.)
9780874747256 (pbk.)
Subject:
Sociobiology -- Congresses.
Adaptation (Biology) -- Congresses.
Human evolution -- Congresses.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Congresses.
Sociobiologie -- Congrلes.
Adaptation (Biologie) -- Congrلes.
Homme -- âEvolution -- Congrلes.
Homme -- Influence de l'environnement -- Congrلes.
Adaptation, Biological -- Congresses.
Cultural Evolution -- Congresses.
Culture -- Congresses.
Series:
[Smithsonian international symposia series]
Contents:
Technological and social adaptations to the future / Renâe Dubos -- The natural past and the human future : an introductory essay / Stephen Toulmin. Commentary / Mary Catherine Bateson. Commentary / Wilton S. Dillon -- Parental investment : the hominid adaptation / Jane B. Lancaster and Chet S. Lancaster. Commentary / Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- Some base lines for human evolution and the genetic implications of recent cultural developments / James V. Neel. Commentary / Napoleon A. Chagnon -- The transition to agriculture and some of its consequences / L.L. Cavalli-Sforza. Commentary / John F. Eisenberg -- Biocultural interaction in human adaptation / Donald J. Ortner. Commentary / Mark N. Cohen. Commentary / Roger Masters. Commentary / James F. Danielli -- Explaining the course of human events / Betty J. Meggers. Commentary / John C. Ewers. Commentary / Roger Masters. Commentary / Bruce D. Smith -- Earth resources and population : an archeological perspective / Fekri A. Hassan. Commentary / J. Lawrence Angel. Commentary / Theodore Wertime -- Food : past, present, and future / Nevin S. Scrimshaw. Commentary / Claire Cassidy -- Food, energy, and technology : perspectives from developing countries / Edward S. Ayensu. Commentary / Napoleon A. Chagnon. Commentary / Stuart Marks -- Changing aspirations for mental and physical health / G.M. Carstairs. Commentary / Ido de Groot. Commentary / Audrey B. Davis -- Population growth : current issues and strategies / Geoffrey McNicoll and Moni Nag. Commentary / J. Lawrence Angel -- Demographic and microstructural history in relation to human adaptation : reflections on newly established evidence / Peter Laslett. Commentary / Nathan Reingold. Commentary / Mark N. Cohen -- The environment of the city / Asa Briggs. Commentary / Nathan Reingold. Commentary / Stephen Toulmin -- World society : the range of possible futures / Kenneth E. Boulding. Commentary / Wilfred Beckerman. Commentary / Andrzey Wiercinski -- The future of democracy / Richard J. Barnet. Commentary / Allen B. Bassing -- Education and adaptation for the future / John Passmore. Commentary / Marx Wartofsky. Commentary / Elizabeth Torre -- Ethical issues in the human future / James M. Gustafson. Commentary / Roy Branson. Commentary / Wilfred Beckerman -- Toward a new understanding of human nature : the limits of individualism / Mary Midgley. Commentary / Paula Thompson. Commentary / Marx Wartofsky -- Adaptability : a curse or a technique of survival? / Wilton S. Dillon.
Physical Description:
xxi, 560 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
c1983.
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