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| '''Jonathan M. Marks''' (born 1955) is an American biological anthropologist at the ]. | '''Jonathan M. Marks''' (born 1955) is an American biological anthropologist at the ]. | ||
| ==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
| Born in 1955, Marks studied at the ] in ] and took graduate degrees in ] and ] from the ], completing his ] in 1984. | Born in 1955, Marks studied at the ] in ] and took graduate degrees in ] and ] from the ], completing his ] in 1984. | ||
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| Marks' did post-doctoral research in the genetics department at ] from 1984-1987, then taught at ] for 10 years and ] for 3, before settling in ] where he is now a professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. | Marks' did post-doctoral research in the genetics department at ] from 1984-1987, then taught at ] for 10 years and ] for 3, before settling in ] where he is now a professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. | ||
| Marks was one of the first anthropologists to use genetics as part of their research, a practice that is now widespread. He is skeptical of scientists’ understanding of genetics and how genes relate to individual humans or to human groups. He argues that genes cannot explain the vast difference between humans and chimpanzees because the two species are alike genetically but different physically and behaviorally.<ref name= ScholarsMedal/> | |||
| ⚫ | Marks published works include many scholarly articles and essays. He is an outspoken critic of ], and has prominently argued against the idea that "]" is a natural category. In Marks's view, "race" is a negotiation between patterns of ] variation and patterns of perceived difference. | ||
| ⚫ | Marks published works include many scholarly articles and essays. He is an outspoken critic of ], and has prominently argued against the idea that "]" is a natural category. In Marks's view, "race" is a negotiation between patterns of ] variation and patterns of perceived difference. He argues that genetics disproves the biology of race because genes for things such as blood type do not correspond with continental groups.<ref name=ScholarsMedal></ref> | ||
| Marks is also on the Board of Directors of the ], ]. | Marks is also on the Board of Directors of the ], ]. | ||
| In 2012, he received the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, honoring his career of intellectual inquiry.<ref name= ScholarsMedal/> | |||
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| Jonathan M. Marks | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Organization(s) | University of North Carolina at Charlotte Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (Nixon, Nevada) |
Jonathan M. Marks (born 1955) is an American biological anthropologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Early life and education
Born in 1955, Marks studied at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and took graduate degrees in genetics and anthropology from the University of Arizona, completing his doctorate in 1984.
Career
Marks' did post-doctoral research in the genetics department at UC-Davis from 1984-1987, then taught at Yale for 10 years and Berkeley for 3, before settling in Charlotte where he is now a professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Marks was one of the first anthropologists to use genetics as part of their research, a practice that is now widespread. He is skeptical of scientists’ understanding of genetics and how genes relate to individual humans or to human groups. He argues that genes cannot explain the vast difference between humans and chimpanzees because the two species are alike genetically but different physically and behaviorally.
Marks published works include many scholarly articles and essays. He is an outspoken critic of scientific racism, and has prominently argued against the idea that "race" is a natural category. In Marks's view, "race" is a negotiation between patterns of biological variation and patterns of perceived difference. He argues that genetics disproves the biology of race because genes for things such as blood type do not correspond with continental groups.
Marks is also on the Board of Directors of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, Nixon, Nevada.
In 2012, he received the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, honoring his career of intellectual inquiry.
Bibliography
- Evolutionary Anthropology (1991, with Edward Staski)
- Human Biodiversity (1995) ISBN 3-11-014855-2
- What It Means to be 98% Chimpanzee (2002) ISBN 0-520-24064-2
- Why I Am Not a Scientist (2009) ISBN 0-520-25960-2
- The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology (2010) ISBN 0-19-515703-6
- Tales of the Ex-Apes: How We Think about Human Evolution (2015) ISBN 0-52-028582-4
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