Ancient Bodies Modern Lives

Author : Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D.,Wenda Trevathan Ph. D.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780195388886

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Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives by Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D.,Wenda Trevathan Ph. D. Pdf

In Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives, anthropologist Wenda Trevathan explores a range of women's health issues, with a specific focus on reproduction, that may be viewed through an evolutionary lens. Trevathan illustrates the power and potential of examining the human life cycle from an evolutionary perspective, and how such an approach could help improve both our understanding of women's health and our ability to respond to health challenges in creative and effective ways.

Author : Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0199750548

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Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives by Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D. Pdf

Winner of the 2011 W.W. Howells Book Award of the American Anthropological Association How has bipedalism impacted human childbirth? Do PMS and postpartum depression have specific, maybe even beneficial, functions? These are only two of the many questions that specialists in evolutionary medicine seek to answer, and that anthropologist Wenda Trevathan addresses in Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives. Exploring a range of women's health issues that may be viewed through an evolutionary lens, specifically focusing on reproduction, Trevathan delves into issues such as the medical consequences of early puberty in girls, the impact of migration, culture change, and poverty on reproductive health, and how fetal growth retardation affects health in later life. Hypothesizing that many of the health challenges faced by women today result from a mismatch between how their bodies have evolved and the contemporary environments in which modern humans live, Trevathan sheds light on the power and potential of examining the human life cycle from an evolutionary perspective, and how this could improve our understanding of women's health and our ability to confront health challenges in more creative, effective ways.

Author : Wenda R. Trevathan
Publisher : Aldine De Gruyter
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1412815029

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Human Birth by Wenda R. Trevathan Pdf

Originally published: New York, Aldine De Gruyter, c1987.

Author : George Gordon Macleod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Christian life
ISBN : OXFORD:590641223

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Ancient light on modern life by George Gordon Macleod Pdf

Author : Rosemary A Joyce
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131784303

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Ancient Bodies Ancient Lives by Rosemary A Joyce Pdf

General Adult. An anthropological report on gender roles in prehistoric times draws on a wealth of recent studies that offers insight into the history of sexual identity as it developed hundreds of thousands of years ago, challenging modern stereotypes and assumptions to explain the different ways in which ancient people defined themselves.

Author : Heather Heying,Bret Weinstein
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593086896

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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather Heying,Bret Weinstein Pdf

A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology. We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these two truths? What's more, what can we do to close it? For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our woes is clear: the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. We evolved to live in clans, but today most people don't even know their neighbors’ names. Traditional gender roles once served a necessary evolutionary purpose, but today we dismiss them as regressive. The cognitive dissonance spawned by trying to live in a society we're not built for is killing us. In this book, Heying and Weinstein cut through the politically fraught discourse surrounding issues like sex, gender, diet, parenting, sleep, education, and more to outline a provocative, science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life. They distill more than 20 years of research and first-hand accounts from the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth into straight forward principles and guidance for confronting our culture of hyper-novelty.

Author : Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan,Russell L. Ciochon
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0495807850

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Introduction to Physical Anthropology 2009-2010 by Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan,Russell L. Ciochon Pdf

A new physical anthropology telecourse titled "Physical Anthropology: The Evolving Human" provides online and print companion study guide options that include study aids, interactive exercises, video, and more.

Author : Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0840033818

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Study Guide for Jurmain/Kilgore/Trevathan's Essentials of Physical Anthropology by Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan Pdf

By Daniel White. Each chapter of the Study Guide for the Essentials of Physical Anthropology 8e will contain learning objectives, chapter outlines, key terms, media suggestions, concept applications, 15 true/false questions, 30 to 37 multiple choice questions, 7 to 8 short answer questions and 4 to 6 essay questions. All multiple-choice, true/false, concept application solution questions, short answer and essay questions include answer explanations and/or page references to the text.

Author : Jack Hartnell
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782832706

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Medieval Bodies by Jack Hartnell Pdf

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A triumph' Guardian 'Glorious ... makes the past at once familiar, exotic and thrilling.' Dominic Sandbrook 'A brilliant book' Mail on Sunday Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different to our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held aloft as a powerful symbol of political rule. In this richly-illustrated and unusual history, Jack Hartnell uncovers the fascinating ways in which people thought about, explored and experienced their physical selves in the Middle Ages, from Constantinople to Cairo and Canterbury. Unfolding like a medieval pageant, and filled with saints, soldiers, caliphs, queens, monks and monstrous beasts, it throws light on the medieval body from head to toe - revealing the surprisingly sophisticated medical knowledge of the time in the process. Bringing together medicine, art, music, politics, philosophy and social history, there is no better guide to what life was really like for the men and women who lived and died in the Middle Ages. Medieval Bodies is published in association with Wellcome Collection.

Author : Daniel Lieberman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307741806

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The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman Pdf

A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.

Author : Jurmain/Kilgore/Trevathan/Nels,Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan,Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D.
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0534639062

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Introduction to Physical Anthropology by Jurmain/Kilgore/Trevathan/Nels,Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda R. Trevathan,Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D. Pdf

Looking for the perfect tool to help you ace your anthropology class? The Study Guide for INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY includes chapter outlines, key terms, Internet activities, and practice tests (answers provided) with a variety of question types-ideal for test prep!

Author : Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda Trevathan
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0840032595

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Essentials of Physical Anthropology by Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda Trevathan Pdf

Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Eighth Edition introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand the big picture of human evolution. Supported by vibrant visuals that include abundant illustrations, photographs, and photo-enhanced maps, the text focuses on human evolution and biology to help you master basic biological principles of physical anthropology so you’ll be able to better understand human origins and our place in the biological world. Offering balanced coverage of the topic areas you’ll cover in class (heredity and evolution, primates, hominid evolution, and contemporary human evolution) this edition emphasizes the chronology of fossil finds instead of just describing the fossils and the sites where they were found. The authors also interpret each fossil within the framework of the story of human evolution. New features like Why It Matters further emphasize the fossils’ evolutionary significance, and often even propose the relevance of chapter materials to our everyday lives. The seventh edition provides thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and expanded coverage of population biology and human variation. It also includes powerful learning tools, including a robust text website. Altogether, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Seventh Edition, integrates up-to-date coverage of the latest finds and relevant technologies in a format and writing style designed to help all students master the material. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : Vivienne Lo
Publisher : British Museum Research Public
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0861591887

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Perfect Bodies by Vivienne Lo Pdf

By presenting rigorous situated histories of changing training regimen in different cultures, this collection of papers collectively challenge orthodox notions of the perfect body and its pursuit. The introductory essay by the editor compares and contrasts the different methods and ideals. Ancient regimen and techniques may seem remote, yet many attempt to resolve issues that are common to us all. Some are directed at the immortality or longevity of the physical body, and include performance-enhancing nutrition and drug taking; others train the spirit and souls for the afterlife. Many emphasise the interconnectedness of the human body with its environment. The papers set their topic in its broad socio-political and cultural context, facilitating a dialogue with other contributors who considered many similar questions for the 20th and 21st centuries. Histories of sports, body cultivation and sports medicines in non-European cultures are only just now beginning to emerge. With the Olympics approaching in London, it is timely to explore the diverse traditions of perfecting body and soul, as a fascinating historical project in itself, but also to provide a rich context for envisioning a more widely beneficial approach to sports, medicine and immortality for all.

Author : Wenda R. Trevathan,Karen R. Rosenberg
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826357465

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Costly and Cute by Wenda R. Trevathan,Karen R. Rosenberg Pdf

Scholars have long argued that the developmental state of the human infant at birth is unique. This volume expands that argument, pointing out that many distinctively human characteristics can be traced to the fact that we give birth to infants who are highly dependent on others and who learn how to be human while their brains are experiencing growth unlike that seen in other primates. The contributors to this volume propose that the “helpless infant” has played a role in human evolution equal in importance to those of “man the hunter” and “woman the gatherer.” The authors take a broad look at how human infants are similar to and different from the infants of other species, at how our babies have constrained our evolution over the past six million years, and at how they continue to shape the ways we live today.

Author : Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda Trevathan
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Physical anthropology
ISBN : 1111838151

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Essentials of Physical Anthropology by Robert Jurmain,Lynn Kilgore,Wenda Trevathan Pdf

Best-selling PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS, 9E, International Edition, presents a concise and authoritative introduction to physical anthropology with the goal of helping students understand why it is important to know about human evolution by showing how humans are biologically connected to all other life. These biological connections link our species with our ancient ancestors, our contemporary primate cousins, and show how closely modern human populations are related to each other. The text has been reframed to emphasize this theme of biological connections as well as the connections between chapters in the material presented. This new framework will better help students grasp the big picture of human evolution and better navigate the material. Supported by new chapter opening Learning Objectives, new visual diagrams (see Chapter One)and other summation pedagogy such as "What's Important" boxes that put key chapter concepts into perspective for students, this text continues to help students master basic biological principles of physical anthropology and so be able to better understand human origins and our place in the biological world. Altogether, PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS, 9E, International Edition integrates coverage of the latest finds with relevant technologies to be the most up-to-date text available.