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a) Bonus track (TED) – How does your immune system work?Links to an external site.
b) Simulation (NPR) – How herd immunity worksLinks to an external site.
2. Lecture: Immunity (c.9 minutes)
This short case study lecture focuses on the four types of immunity in relation to smallpox. Cattle are implicated, but in a protective rather than dangerous sense (they are not the source of smallpox — they are the root of its eradication). Please go to the YouTube playlistLinks to an external site. for a CAPTIONED version of Lecture 8.1.

3. View: Click this linkLinks to an external site. to watch a 3+ minute video.This video on the hygiene hypothesis is an excerpt from the KPBS “Evolutionary Arms Race” film. It explores how early exposure to ‘dirt’ (e.g., via contact with livestock) may in fact ‘prime’ the immune system, protecting us from the risk of developing allergies and other conditions linked to an over-reaction of the immune system.
4. Read: Schueller – How good gut bacteria could transform your healthLinks to an external site.
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1)}” ng-repeat=”value in detail.values”>Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: A Unified Approach
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1)}” ng-repeat=”value in detail.values”>This lively text by leading medical anthropologist Elisa J. Sobo offers a unique, holistic approach to human diversity and rises to the challenge of truly integrating biology and culture. The inviting writing style and fascinating examples make important ideas from complexity theory and epigenetics accessible to students. In this second edition, the material has been updated to reflect changes in both the scientific and socio-cultural landscape, for example in relation to topics such as the microbiome and transgender. Readers learn to conceptualize human biology and culture concurrently—as an adaptive biocultural capacity that has helped to produce the rich range of human diversity seen today. With clearly structured topics, an extensive glossary and suggestions for further reading, this text makes a complex, interdisciplinary topic a joy to teach. Instructor resources include an extensive test bank and a study guide. Preface Part I: A Systems View of Human Adaptation 1. Anthropology and Complexity 2. Genetic Adaptation 3. Developmental Adjustment and Epigenetic Change 4. Emergence of Culture and People Like Us 5. Global Expansion, Human Variation, and the Invention of ‘Race’ Part II: Socio-political and Economic Factors 6. A Human Baseline 7. Agricultural Revolution: Another Great Divide 8. Epidemics and Immunities 9. Political Economy of Health Disparities Part III: Meaningful Practices 10. Stress, Meaning, and Health 11. Culture in Practice: Embodying Gender 12. Body Ideals and Outcomes 13. Kinship: So Relative Conclusion: Respecting Connections Praise for the previous edition: ‘This book is a brilliant contribution to a comprehensive, holistic approach to human variation. Sobo examines the interaction of biology and culture in the context of a broad systems perspective on human communities. With examples ranging from the evolution of our species to how we shape our bodies in response to cultural ideals, she offers a refreshing view of us as biological entities suspended in sociocultural systems – inseparable dimensions of human existence.’ Bill Dressler , University of Alabama ‘Being and becoming human is biocultural, and very few books drive that point home as well as this one. With a friendly and engaging narrative, Sobo guides the reader through a meaningful, and anthropological, engagement with humanity. This book should be used as a core text for both introductory anthropology and biocultural courses’. Agustín Fuentes , University of Notre Dame ‘I am delighted to see an introductory text that finally takes seriously the biocultural idea that we are creatures of both biology and culture, moving beyond the tired old nature-nurture dichotomy. Sobo deftly weaves together concepts and examples that students can relate to. She skilfully tackles critical contemporary topics such as globalization, sustainability, inequality, health, and social change’. Wenda Trevathan , New Mexico State University ‘Sobo’s remarkable textbook is also a benchmark for the field. The material is deftly presented, immensely accessible, innovative in scope, and poised to advance biocultural approaches in deeply compelling and generative new directions’. Justin Nolan , University of Arkansas ‘Sobo’s approach to the study of human diversity is a gracefully written and creative application of the unifying notion of epigenetic complexity. This introductory text is a readable and gripping account of how observable traits of human behaviour (phenotypes) are the product of interactions of numerous sorts, between genes and their own biochemical products, and between biochemical systems, environmental signals, historical realities and mental experiences. Highly recommended!’ Richard A. Shweder , University of Chicago Elisa J. Sobo is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at San Diego State University, California, USA. A sociocultural anthropologist specializing in health, illness, and medicine, she is Past President of the Society for Medical Anthropology, and currently Section Convener for the American Anthropological Association.Expected outcomes & Key terms and concepts
Expected Outcomes
Key Terms & Concepts*
Mod. 8 – Part 1: Immune system basics
a) Apply basic epidemiology terms and concepts to the question of biocultural diversity
b) Characterize the human immune system’s role in the body–environment relationship
epidemiology
leukocytes, phagocytes, lymphocytes
antigens, antibodies
adaptive immunity, passive immunity, innate immunity
hygiene hypothesis / old friends hypothesis
microbiome [see also Mod. 1.2]
herd immunity
Mod. 8 – Part 2: Human Settlement and Infectious Disease: the Disease Ecology Perspective
[Basic terms (con’t)]
c) Explicate the disease ecology perspective and use it to explain how the agricultural lifestyle contributed to the spread of infectious diseases
d) Characterize ways in which local ecologies contribute to population diversity in vulnerability to certain diseases
infectious disease
morbidity, mortality [see 2.1]
agents, hosts, vectors
environmental reservoir, reservoir hosts
epidemiological triangle
acute, chronic
endemic, epidemic, pandemic
disease ecology (e.g., MDRTB)
zoonosis (e.g., via animal husbandry (e.g. cow/smallpox); e.g., via habitat encroachment
Natural selection and our coincident in/vulnerability (e.g., cholera, transmembrane conductance regulator)
symptoms and spread, attenuation

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