__NOTOC__ Melvin Joel Konner (born 1946) is an American anthropologist who is the

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Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at

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. He studied at Brooklyn College, CUNY (1966), where he met

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, whom he later married and with whom he had three children. He also has a PhD from Harvard University (1973) and a MD from Harvard Medical School (1985). From 1985 on, he contributed substantially to developing the concept of a

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and its impact on health, publishing along with Stanley Boyd Eaton, and later also with his wife

and with

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. Raised in an

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family, Konner has stated that he lost his faith at age 17.

Selected bibliography

*Konner, Melvin J. (2019) ''Believers: Faith in Human Nature''. W. W. Norton & Company. *Konner, Melvin J. (2015) ''Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy''. W. W. Norton & Company. *Konner, Melvin J. (2010) ''The Evolution of Childhood''. Cambridge, MA : The Belknap Press of

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. *Konner, Melvin J. (2009) ''The Jewish Body''.

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. *Konner, Melvin J. (2003) ''Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews''. New York : Viking Compass. *Konner, Melvin J. (2002) ''The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit, 2nd ed''. (original 1982) New York:

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. *Konner, Melvin J. (1993) ''Medicine at the Crossroads: The Crisis in Healthcare''. Pantheon Books. *Konner, Melvin J. (1990) ''Why the Reckless Survive . . . and Other Secrets of Human Nature''. New York: Viking. *Konner, Melvin J. (1987) ''Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School''. New York: Viking.

References

External links

Melvin Konner's blog on anthropology and human nature

Melvin Konner's blog on Jewish subjects
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Selected bibliography

See also

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