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Jonathan Marks

Author of What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes

14+ Works 357 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Jonathan Marks is Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Series

Shrugged [2013]

Works by Jonathan Marks

What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes (2002) 153 copies

Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern Knowledge (2009) 47 copies

Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995) 46 copies

Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education (2021) 24 copies

The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology (2010) 23 copies

Is Science Racist? (Debating Race) (2017) 19 copies

English Pronunciation in Use Elementary (2007) 18 copies

Tales of the Ex-Apes: How We Think about Human Evolution (2015) 15 copies

Delta Teacher Development: Pronunciation Book (2012) 5 copies

Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2005) 2 copies

Why Are There Still Creationists?: Human Evolution and the Ancestors (2021) 2 copies

English pronunciation in use : self- study and classroom use 1 copy

Mighty Movers Teacher's Book: An Activity-Based Course for Young Learners (2007) 1 copy

Shrugged Volume 2: New Thing to Fear (2018) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Associated Works

Why America's Top Pundits Are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back (2005) — Contributor — 33 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1955
Gender: male
Places of residence: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Davis, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Berkeley, California, USA
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A. ∙ Natural Sciences)
University of Arizona (M.S. ∙ M.A. ∙ Ph.D. ∙ Anthropology ∙ Genetics)
Occupations: professor (Anthropology|Biology)

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Reviews

The alternative introduction to biological… by Jonathan Marks

" 'The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology' by Jonathan Marks was required reading last semester as a companion to the formal textbook for my class in - you guessed it! - biological anthropology. Marks does a great job of breaking down all the core concepts without losing anything vital to a basic understanding of the field: he covers a brief introduction into what anthropology is; discusses theories of evolution; genetics and heredity; non-human primates; early hominids; and more. Each chapter ends with a list of references and further reading recommendations, should you be interested in delving a little deeper into a particular subject. ..."

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What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People,… by Jonathan Marks

Certainly not the best book written on this topic - in fact, probably not in the top 500. The author writes reasonably well, but he just isn't compelling, and some of his conclusions are questionable.

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Awards

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W. W. Howells Book Prize in Biological Anthropology

What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes (2003)

J. I. Staley Prize

What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes (2009)

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Works: 14
Also by: 1
Members: 357
Popularity: #67,136
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 49
Languages: 2

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