The study of phenotypic plasticity has progressed significantly over the past few decades.
We have moved from variation for plasticity being considered as a nuisance in evolutionary …

This book is intended to be a theoretical contribution to the sociology of the body and the
rapidly expanding field of 'body studies'. In what follows I examine the changing status of the …

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by
discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical …

John Dupré warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty
and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. Not just in the academic world but …

Three tensions to consider in the making and unmaking of race In Race Otherwise: Forging
a New Humanism for South Africa Zimitri Erasmus questions the notion that one can …

In Studying Human Behavior, Helen E. Longino enters into the complexities of human
behavioral research, a domain still dominated by the age-old debate of “nature versus …

Ten years after the Human Genome Project's completion the life sciences stand in a moment
of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in …

Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the “criminal
chromosome” to the “gay gene,” claims about the influence of genes like these have led to …

This review aims to explore the relationship between anthropology and genetics, an
intellectual zone that has been occupied in different ways over the past century. One way to …

More than six million Americans–most of them women–have been diagnosed with the
controversial medical disorder fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Because of the absence of …