Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics.

• Written by two geneticists―including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project―and a socio-cultural anthropologist.
• Based on recent findings in genetics and anthropology that indicate the analysis of human culture and evolution demands an integration of these fields of study.
• Focuses on evolution―or, rather, co-evolution―viewed from the standpoint of genes and culture, and their inescapable interactions.
• Unifies cultural and genetic concepts rather than rehashing nonempirical sociobiological musings.
• Demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides an excellent foundation for understanding human cultural diversity.

Linda Stone is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. She has produced over 25 scholarly publications, including 8 books.

Paul F. Lurquin is Professor of Genetics at Washington State University. He is the author and coauthor of over 100 scholarly publications, including 6 books.

L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza is Professor Emeritus of Genetics at Stanford University. His publications comprise over 500 articles and 14 books. He is a member of the United States Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences, and the Italian Academy of Sciences.