Melvin Konner

Melvin Konner
Born	(1946-08-30) August 30, 1946 (age 79)
Education	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.melvinkonner.com

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]

Biography

Raised 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

• 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

• Paleolithic diet
• Hunter-gatherer
• Stanley Boyd Eaton, researcher
• Loren Cordain, researcher
• Staffan Lindeberg, researcher

References

1. "Melvin Konner". Emory College of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019.
2. Rosen, Jonathan (December 14, 2003). "So Was It Odd of God?". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
3. "Miscellaneous Obituaries of Anthropologists". www.obitcentral.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2004.
4. Konner, M.D., Melvin (1987). Becoming a Doctor, A Journey of Initiation in Medical School. New York: Viking Penguin. ISBN   978-067080554-9.
5. Eaton, SB; Konner, M (1985). "Paleolithic nutrition. A consideration of its nature and current implications". The New England Journal of Medicine . 312 (5): 283–9. doi:10.1056/NEJM198501313120505. PMID   2981409.
6. Eaton, SB; Konner, MJ (May 1986). "Stone age nutrition: implications for today". Bol Asoc Med P R. 78 (5): 217–9.
7. 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.
8. Eaton, SB; Konner, M; Shostak, M (Apr 1988). "Stone agers in the fast lane: chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective". The American Journal of Medicine . 84 (4): 739–49.
9. Eaton, SB; Konner, MJ; Cordain, L (Feb 2010). "Diet-dependent acid load, Paleolithic [corrected] nutrition, and evolutionary health promotion". Am J Clin Nutr . 91 (2): 295–7.

External links

• Melvin Konner's blog on anthropology and human nature
• Melvin Konner's blog on Jewish subjects