Ethnobiology and the science of humankind

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ISBN: 1405145897
ISBN: 9781405145893
Physical Description: print
202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell ; London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2006.

General Note:	"The volume is derived from the flagship panel hosted by the Ninth International Congress of Ethnobiology held at the University of Kent at Canterbury in June 2004"--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction: Roy Ellen (University of Kent, UK). -- 2. Speculations on the First Congress of Ethnozoological Nomenclature: Brent Berlin (University of Georgia, USA). -- 3. Ethnobiology and the Evolution of the Human Mind: Steven Mithen (University of Reading, UK). -- 4. The Interplay of Ethnographic and Archaeological Knowledge in the Study of Past Human Subsistence: David Harris (University College London). -- 5. The Contrastive Historical Ecologies of Amazonian Hunter-Gatherers: Laura Rival (University of Oxford, UK). -- 6. The Interface Between Medical Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology: Anna Waldstein and Cameron Adams (Department of Anthropology, University of Kent). -- 7. Ethnobiology and Applied Anthropology: Paul Sillitoe (University of Durham, UK). -- 8. Meeting of Minds: How do we Share our Appreciation of Tek?: Eugene Hunn (University of Washington, USA).