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Biological anthropology

About: Biological anthropology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1126 publications have been published within this topic receiving 12757 citations. The topic is also known as: biological anthropology & somatology.


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TL;DR: This article demonstrates the natural extension of scholarly research to modern social networks and illustrates how they may act as a platform by which to increase intradisciplinary engagement and to highlight the complex, wide-reaching, and innovative research that the field contributes to society.
Abstract: In 2011, the research of biological anthropologists contributed to the emergence of increasingly complex explanations of biological phenomena from previous, simpler interpretations. Major subjects of bioanthropological research in 2011 include new developments in understanding ancient hominin species and archaic Homo population histories; the physiological, neurological, and social effects of mating and reproducing in both humans and nonhuman primates; and the evolution of primate sociality and human cooperation. This review considers these topics of research from a perspective of complexity using conference proceedings, published articles, and social media. In closing, this article demonstrates the natural extension of our scholarly research to modern social networks and illustrates how they may act as a platform by which to increase intradisciplinary engagement and to highlight the complex, wide-reaching, and innovative research that our field contributes to society. [sociality, Denisovans, Australopithecus sediba, biological anthropology, annual review]

4 citations

01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: Traditional ideas of the relationship between psychic activity and brain activity are reconsidered, and the hypothesis of the brain as the biological interface which was suggested by the author earlier (in 2008) is developed.
Abstract: In this paper traditional ideas of the relationship between psychic activity and brain activity are reconsidered, and the hypothesis of the brain as the biological interface which was suggested by the author earlier (in 2008) is developed. Approaches to research of psyche in psychology, physiology, psychotherapy, psychiatry and social sciences as well as their applications to treatment of patients with mental disorders, are analysed and summarized. The author considers two main models of mental disorders with clearer differentiation between organic (Brain-related) pathology and mental disorders as such which result from informational (Non-material) influences on psyche as a specific informational system rather than on brain. Differences between nervous and mental functioning of organism and personality are clarified and conscious activity is viewed as an acquired (programmed) function that is formed in social informational environment.

4 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202322
202245
202111
202016
201921
201832