Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity

Pp. xxii, (1), 629, (1); 74 text-figures, 25 tables. Original pictorial purple wrappers, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. The 8 chapters in this volume are: 1) Introduction: Genes and Culture in Evolutionary Perspective; 2) Culture and Human Diversity: A Case Study of Marriage in Tibet; 3) Genes and Human Diversity: A Case Study of Sickle-Cell Anemia in West Africa; 4) The Relationship of Genes and Culture; 5) Cultural Mediation: The Evolution of Adult Lactose Absorption; 6) Enhancement: The Cultural Evolution of Incest Taboos; 7) Neutrality and Opposition: From Cultural Reason to Cannibalism; and 8) Conclusion: Evolution in a Dual Inheritance System. No ownership marks and no signs of use.