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About this book
The first comprehensive account of the ethical issues facing biological anthropologists today.
Biological anthropologists face an array of ethical issues as they engage in fieldwork around the world. In this volume human biologists, geneticists, paleontologists, and primatologists confront their involvement with, and obligations to, their research subjects, their discipline, society, and the environment. Those working with human populations explore such issues as who speaks for a group, community consultation and group consent, the relationship between expatriate communities and the community of origin, and disclosing the identity of both individuals and communities. Those working with skeletal remains discuss issues that include access to and ownership of fossil material. Primatologists are concerned about the well-being of their subjects in laboratory and captive situations, and must address yet another set of issues regarding endangered animal populations and conservation in field situations. The first comprehensive account of the ethical issues facing biological anthropologists today, Biological Anthropology and Ethics opens the door for discussions of ethical issues in professional life.
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Table of contents
- Biological Anthropology and Ethics: From Repatriation to Genetic Identity
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Ethical Concerns in Biological Anthropology
- 2. Field Primatologists: Duties, Rights, and Obligations
- 3. Studies of Primates in the Field and in Captivity: Similarities and Differences in Ethical Concerns
- 4. Habituating Primates for Field Study: Ethical Considerations for African Great Apes Michele L. Goldsmith
- 5. Biological Samples in the Modern Zoological Park: A Case Study from the Bronx Zoo
- 6. Commentary: Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research
- 7. Ethical Issues in the Molding and Casting of Fossil Specimens
- 8. The Ethics of Bioarchaeology
- 9. Ethical Concerns in Forensic Anthropology
- 10.Commentary: A Discussion of Ethical Issues in Skeletal Biology
- 11. Ethical Issues in Human Biology Behavioral Research and Research with Children
- 12. Institutional Review Boards: The Structural and Cultural Obstacles Encountered in Human Biological Research
- 13. Darkness in El Dorado: Claims, Counter-Claims, and the Obligations of Researchers
- 14. A Case Study of Ethical Issues in Genetic Research: The Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson Story
- 15. Psychological and Ethical Issues Related to Identity and Inferring Ancestry of African Americans
- 16. The Consent Process and aDNA Research: Contrasting Approaches in North America
- 17. Working with ancient DNA: NAGPRA, Kennewick Man, and Other Ancient Peoples
- 18. Commentary: Changing Standards of Informed Consent: Raising the Bar
- 19. Commentary: An Overview of Human Subjects Research in Biological Anthropology
- 20. Commentary: Data Sharing and Access to Information
- Appendix I: Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association
- Appendix II: Code of Ethics of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- Contributors
- Index