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03052aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 5AF2935000D511E888826E0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180124010218 008 161018t20172017enk 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781138211940 020 $a 113821194X 020 $a 9781138211933 020 $a 1138211931 035 $a (OCoLC)960837327 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UZ0 $d BDX $d OCLCO $d COO $d OCLCO $d STF $d OCLCO $d EYM $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a GN296 $b .W49 2017 060 4 $a GN 296 $b W577t 2017 082 04 $a 306.4/61 $2 23 100 1 $a Whitaker, Elizabeth Dixon, $d 1962- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99255620 245 14 $a The trouble with human nature : $b health, conflict, and difference in biocultural perspective / $c Elizabeth D. Whitaker. 264 1 $a Oxon, [United Kingdom] : $b Routledge, $c 2017. 300 $a vi, 305 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a PART I: Pathways to the present -- 1. Envisioning evolution: representations of humanness and causation -- 2. Origin stories: the co-evolution of human anatomy and sociality -- 3. Losses and gains: economic and health transitions since the Neolithic Revolution -- PART II: Plasticity, identity, and health -- 4. Thicker than water: blood and milk in human evolution -- 5. Risk and responsibility: power and danger in individualized approaches to preventive health -- 6. Difference as destiny: race, sex, and culture -- PART III: Sex and gender -- 505 8 $a 7. Choosers and cheaters: the sexual/reproductive conflict hypothesis -- 8. Hoe and plow, pig and cow: work, family, and gender stratification -- 9. Tale of two-spirits: constructing gender and sexuality, aptitudes and inclinations -- PART IV: Conflict and violence -- 10. Savage empathy: sources of competitiveness and cooperativeness, greed and generosity -- 11. Why stratify? Inequality and interpersonal violence -- 12. Peace and war: patterns and prevention of violent intergroup conflict -- Appendix: Life expectancy rate calculations -- Index. 520 8 $a This text brings together biological and cross-cultural evidence to critically examine common preconceptions and challenge popular assumptions about human nature. It set outs to counter genetic and evolutionary myths about human variation and behavior, drawing on both biological and cultural anthropology, as well as from other disciplines including psychology, economics, and sociology. 650 0 $a Medical anthropology. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082859 650 0 $a Cross-cultural studies. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034273 650 0 $a Human behavior. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062839 650 2 $a Anthropology, Medical. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060432 650 2 $a Cross-Cultural Comparison. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003431 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217020826.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5AF2935000D511E888826E0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search