What is cultural biology?
The Study of human ecology
A History of thought on culture and environment
The Rise of human ecology
2 Fundamentals of ecology
3 Human biological ecology
Human population regulation
Culture as an adaptive mechanism
Traditional knowledge systems
Human control of the environment
A Concluding thought on management
Hunter-gatherer classification
The Hunter-gatherer stereotype
Bias in hunter-gatherer studies
Settlement and subsistence
Environmental manipulation and resource management
Relations with other groups
Case study: the Nuu-cha-nulth of British Columbia
Case study: the Mbuti of the Ituri forest
6 The Origins of food production
Agricultural domestication
The Transition to farming
On the origin of agriculture
The Impact of agriculture
Environmental manipulation and resource management
Relations with other groups
Case study: the Grand Valley Dani of highland New Guinea
Case study: the Lozi of Western Zambia
General sociopolitical organization
The Geography of pastoralism
The Origin of pastoralism
Some parameters of pastoralism
Use of nonpastoral products
Environmental manipulation and resource management
Relations with other groups
A Note on the impact of grazing
Case study: the Maasi of East Africa
Case study: the Navajo of the American southwest
Techniques of intensive agriculture
Contemporary industrialized agriculture
Environmental manipulation and resource management
Relations with other groups
Case study: Mountains and water - the traditional agricultural system along the South Coastal China
Case study: The Maya agricultural system
10 Current issues and problems
Agricultural development and intensificaiton
