Culture and Politics, Behavior and Biology: Seeking Synthesis among Fragmentary Anthropological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherers

被引：7
作者：
Stutz, Aaron [1 ]
机构：
[1] Emory Univ, Oxford Coll, 100 Hamill St, Oxford, GA 30054 USA
来源：
REVIEWS IN ANTHROPOLOGY | 2012年 / 41卷 / 01期
关键词：
behavioral ecology; biocultural synthesis; culture; hunter-gatherers; social practice;
D O I：
10.1080/00938157.2012.649183
中图分类号：
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
030303 ;
摘要：
Hunter-gatherers define humanity's Pleistocene evolutionary past. Yet, hunter-gatherer societies in the 20th-21st centuries are examples par excellence of cultural marginalization, domination, and resilience. This review of six recent works on hunter-gathererss-panning Paleolithic archaeology, bioarchaeology, behavioral ecology, and cultural anthropology-underscores that human forager diversity can be explained neither by culturally embedded political processes nor by ecologically situated evolutionary factors alone. Yet, theoretical bridging frameworks remain elusive, with a narrowing but persistent culture-biology divide. Recent developments in evolutionary life-history theory provide a robust biocultural foundation for understanding human sociality and the symbolic constitution of embodied cultural practice.
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页数：47
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