Robert D Mccracken
Biographic Data
| ID | 225123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert D Mccracken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccracken |
| SIGNATURE | MCCRACKEN R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Selected papers on the future of medical anthropology
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
New Evidence for a Late Introduction of Malaria into the New World [and Comments and Reply]
New evidence is offered to strengthen the case for a post-Conquest introduction of malaria into the New World. An investigation of human physiological factors influencing host selection by malaria vectors revealed a strong preference by Anopheles gambiae for human hosts with blood-group O. The unique, overwhelming group-O frequency present among indigenous American populations is seen as a result of mother-child ABO incompatibility effects operat…
On Lactase Deficiency
Intestinal lactase deficiency in adult nonhuman primates
Lactase Deficiency
The ability to assimilate lactose, a primary constituent of milk, is dependent upon the presence of lactase, a genetically controlled enzyme in the small intestine. In most mammals, levels of lactase are high during infancy, but fall rapidly following weaning; adults are lactase-deficient. In man, some populations, including Orientals, Australian Aborigines, and Negroes, are deficient as adults, while others, including Nilotic Negroes and Europea…
Lactase Deficiency
The ability to assimilate lactose, a primary constituent of milk, is dependent upon the presence of lactase, a genetically controlled enzyme in the small intestine. In most mammals, levels of lactase are high during infancy, but fall rapidly following weaning; adults are lactase-deficient. In man, some populations, including Orientals, Australian Aborigines, and Negroes, are deficient as adults, while others, including Nilotic Negroes and Europea…
New Evidence for a Late Introduction of Malaria into the New World [and Comments and Reply]
New evidence is offered to strengthen the case for a post-Conquest introduction of malaria into the New World. An investigation of human physiological factors influencing host selection by malaria vectors revealed a strong preference by Anopheles gambiae for human hosts with blood-group O. The unique, overwhelming group-O frequency present among indigenous American populations is seen as a result of mother-child ABO incompatibility effects operat…
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
Intestinal lactase deficiency in adult nonhuman primates
Lactase Deficiency
The ability to assimilate lactose, a primary constituent of milk, is dependent upon the presence of lactase, a genetically controlled enzyme in the small intestine. In most mammals, levels of lactase are high during infancy, but fall rapidly following weaning; adults are lactase-deficient. In man, some populations, including Orientals, Australian Aborigines, and Negroes, are deficient as adults, while others, including Nilotic Negroes and Europea…
On Lactase Deficiency
New Evidence for a Late Introduction of Malaria into the New World [and Comments and Reply]
New evidence is offered to strengthen the case for a post-Conquest introduction of malaria into the New World. An investigation of human physiological factors influencing host selection by malaria vectors revealed a strong preference by Anopheles gambiae for human hosts with blood-group O. The unique, overwhelming group-O frequency present among indigenous American populations is seen as a result of mother-child ABO incompatibility effects operat…
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
Selected papers on the future of medical anthropology
Biology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Lactase (3 works) · Digestive system and related health (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Lactose (2 works) · ABO blood group system (1 works)