Melvin Joel Konner (born August 30, 1946) is an American anthropologist who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University.[1]
Melvin Konner | |
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| Born | August 30, 1946 |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College (BA) Harvard University (PhD, MD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, behavioral biology |
| Institutions | Harvard University Emory University |
| Thesis | Infants of a foraging people (1973) |
| Website | www |
Biography
editRaised in an Orthodox Jewish family, Konner has stated that he lost his faith at age 17.[2] He studied at Brooklyn College, CUNY (1966), where he met Marjorie Shostak, whom he later married and with whom he had three children. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973 and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1985.[3][4]
From 1985[5] on, he contributed substantially to developing the concept of a Paleolithic diet and its impact on health, publishing along with Stanley Boyd Eaton,[6][7] and later also with his wife Marjorie Shostak[8] and with Loren Cordain.[9]
Selected bibliography
edit- Konner, Melvin J. (2019) Believers: Faith in Human Nature. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393651867
- Konner, Melvin J. (2015) Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393352313
- Konner, Melvin J. (2010) The Evolution of Childhood. Cambridge, MA : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674045668
- Konner, Melvin J. (2009) The Jewish Body. Knopf. ISBN 978-0805242362
- Konner, Melvin J. (2003) Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews. New York : Viking Compass. ISBN 978-0670032440
- Konner, Melvin J. (2002) The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit, 2nd ed. (original 1982) New York: Times Books. ISBN 978-0805072792
- Konner, Melvin J. (1993) Medicine at the Crossroads: The Crisis in Healthcare. Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0679415459
- Konner, Melvin J. (1990) Why the Reckless Survive . . . and Other Secrets of Human Nature. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0670829361
- Konner, Melvin J. (1987) Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0140111163
See also
edit- Paleolithic diet
- Hunter-gatherer
- Stanley Boyd Eaton, researcher
- Loren Cordain, researcher
- Staffan Lindeberg, researcher
References
edit- ^ "Melvin Konner". Emory College of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019.
- ^ Rosen, Jonathan (December 14, 2003). "So Was It Odd of God?". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Obituaries of Anthropologists". www.obitcentral.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Konner, M.D., Melvin (1987). Becoming a Doctor, A Journey of Initiation in Medical School. New York: Viking Penguin. ISBN 978-067080554-9.
- ^ Eaton SB, Konner M. "Paleolithic nutrition. A consideration of its nature and current implications." The New England Journal of Medicine 1985 Jan 31;312(5):283-9. PMID 2981409 doi:10.1056/NEJM198501313120505
- ^ Eaton SB, Konner MJ. "Stone age nutrition: implications for today." Bol Asoc Med P R. 1986 May;78(5):217-9.
- ^ Eaton SB, Eaton SB 3rd, Konner MJ. "Paleolithic nutrition revisited: a twelve-year retrospective on its nature and implications." Eur J Clin Nutr. 1997 Apr;51(4):207-16.
- ^ Eaton SB, Konner M, Shostak M. "Stone agers in the fast lane: chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective." The American Journal of Medicine 1988 Apr;84(4):739-49.
- ^ Eaton SB, Konner MJ, Cordain L. "Diet-dependent acid load, Paleolithic [corrected] nutrition, and evolutionary health promotion." Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Feb;91(2):295-7.