Ethnobiology & the Science of Humankind

Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought. * Considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions.

1Preface. . 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). Index.