What Anthropologists Should Know About the New Evolutionary Synthesis

Authors

Cameron M. Smith, Portland State UniversityFollow
Julia Cleverly Ruppell, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Structure and Dynamics : e-Journal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Subjects

Evolution (Biology), Physical anthropology, Genetic transformation, Mutagenesis, Coevolution, Phenotypic plasticity

Abstract

Discoveries of modern biology are forcing a re-evaluation of even the central pillars of neo- Darwinian evolution. Anthropologists study the processes and results of biological and biocultural evolution, so they must be aware of the scope and nature of these changes in biology. We introduce these changes, comment briefly on how will influence anthropology, and suggest numerous readings to introduce anthropologists to the significance and substance of the new evolutionary synthesis.

Description

This is an open access article. Copyright 2011 by the article author(s). All rights reserved.

Article is published online at: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/18b9f0jb

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16564

Citation Details

Smith, Cameron M. and Ruppell, Julia C. (2011). What Anthropologists Should Know About the New Evolutionary Synthesis. Structure and Dynamics, 5(2)