1 Introduction
What is cultural biology?
Anthropology
The Study of human ecology
A History of thought on culture and environment
The Rise of human ecology
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2 Fundamentals of ecology
The Environment
Niche and habitat
Resources
Energy
3 Human biological ecology
Humans as animals
Biological adaptations
Human population regulation
Nutrition
Evolutionary ecology
4 Cultural ecology
Human capabilities
Culture as an adaptive mechanism
Traditional knowledge systems
Human control of the environment
Decision making
A Concluding thought on management
5 Hunting and gathering
Hunter-gatherer classification
The Hunter-gatherer stereotype
Bias in hunter-gatherer studies
Population
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
Types of agriculture
The Impact of agriculture
7 Horticulture
Horticultural techniques
Use of wild resources
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
8 Pastoral ism
General sociopolitical organization
Typesism
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
9 Intensive agriculture
Changes in scale
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
Tragedy of the commons
Agricultural involution
Agricultural development and intensificaiton
Rain forest dilemma.