Anthropology Today: Trends Scope and Applications
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Encounters with, and Prospects for, the Discipline of Anthropology/ Robert J. Gregory. 2. Anthropological Field Researches in the 21st Century: Scope, Challenges and Ethics/ Wondwosen Teshome Bahiru and Jerusalem Negash-Wossene. 3. Understanding the Present and the Past: Perspectives on Anthropology and Archaeology/ Indrani Chattopadhyaya. 4. Human Ecology in Anthropology: Past, Present, and Prospects/ Michael A. Little. 5. Bio-cultural Approach: The Essence of Anthropological Study in the 21st Century/ R. Khongsdier. II. Social/Cultural Anthropology: 6. Anthropological Dialectics in Illness and Indigenous Knowledge/ K. E. Rajpramukh. 7. Medical Anthropology : Healing Practices in Contemporary Sikkim/Veena Bhasin. 8. Medical Anthropology : Debates on Intervention Review of HIV/AIDS Related Studies: Perspectives from Anthropology/ Shalina Mehta and N. Inaoba Singh. 9. Food Habits: Some Relationship to Diabetes and Heart Diseases/Analaya Mitra. 10. Using Tribal Researchers: A Vital and Necessary Development/R.E.S. Tanner. 11. Indigenous Knowledge, Conservation and Management of Natural Resources among Primitive Tribal Groups of Andhra Pradesh/V.L.N. Rao and G.V. Ramana. 12. Eco-Tourism for So-Called Tribal Development: A Critical Assessment from an Anthropological Perspective/Jyotsna Mohanty. 13. Engendering Development in Nigeria through Cultural Heritage Research/ Samuel Oluwole Ogundele. 14. Gender, Rural Planning and Management: A Review/Tapati Dasgupta and R. N. Chattopadhyay. III. Biological Physical Anthropology: 15. The Study of Human Variation/ Goran Štrkalj. 16. Genetics of Castes and Tribes of India: Indian Population Milieu/ M. K. Bhasin. 17. Human Skin Colour, Its Genetics, Variation and Adaptation: A Review/ A.K. Kalla. 18. Ear Biometric: An Aid to Personal Identification/ Ruma Purkait. 19. Estimation of Stature on the Basis of Measurements of the Lower Limb/ Bhavna and Surinder Nath. 20. Causes and Consequences of Obesity/ Kaushik Bose, Mithu Bhadra and Ashish Mukhopadhyay. 21. Gender, Reproductive Ageing, Adiposity, Fat Distribution and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Spanish Women Aged 45-65/C. Bernis. 22. Somatotype and Disease – A Review/. S.P. Singh. 23.Genetic Epidemiology of Arterial Blood Pressure: A Review/ A. Nirmala, P. Chengal Reddy, Vikal Tripathy and B. M. Reddy. 24. Dermatoglyphics: A Review/ H. K. Kumbnani. 25. Genetic Markers in Human Blood/ M. K. Bhasin and H. Walter. 26. The Molecular Basis of Alpha Thalassaemias in India: A Review/ Rinini Dastidar and Geeta Talukder. 27. Role of Human Leukocyte Antigens in Studying Population Diversity/ Suraksha Agrawal, Sanjeev Srivastava and Piyush Tripathi. 28. Human Leukocyte Antigen Polymorphism and Association: A Review/ U. Shankarkumar, A. Pawar and K. Ghosh. 29. Molecular Anthropology, Population and Forensic Genetic Applications/ Sarabjit Mastana. 30. Molecular Genetic Perspective of Indian Populations: A Y-Chromosome Scenario/ S. Krithika, Suvendu Maji and T.S. Vasulu. 31. High Resolution Phylogeographic Map of Y-Chromosomes Reveal the Genetic Signatures of Pleistocene Origin of Indian Populations/ R. Trivedi, Sanghamitra Sahoo, Anamika Singh, G. Hima Bindu, Jheelam Banerjee, Manuj Tandon, Sonali Gaikwad, Revathi Rajkumar, T Sitalaximi, Richa Ashma, G. B. N. Chainy and V. K. Kashyap. 32. To Err is Genetics: Diagnosis and Management of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM)/Anju Gupta. 33. Genetic Causes of Congenital Malformation/ Suraksha Agrawal. 34. Human Population Cytogenetics: A Review/ M. K. Bhasin. IV. Ethics And Adaptation: 35. Challenges of the Biological Anthropology, and Problems Related to Global Bioethics/ Charles Susanne. 36. Genetic Adaptation of Man/A. I. Ibraimov. 37. Culture as Extraorganic Mode of Adaptation to Environment Education and Teaching as a Culture Phenomenon/Anna Siniarska and Napoleon Wolañski. 38. Global Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Human Health and Adaptability / Michael A. Little and Ralph M. Garruto. Index.
