biocultural
Biology meets culture
Biocultural describes the interplay between biological and cultural factors in human life.
The term appears in anthropology and medicine, where researchers study how cultural practices shape biology and vice versa: biocultural evolution, a biocultural approach to nutrition.
Human development is biocultural—our genes and our societies shape each other.
Cultural practices around eating
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- oral-historyRecorded firsthand accounts
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
Reciprocal adaptation between interacting species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
Science of human-plant relationships
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
- primatologyScientific study of apes
- biogeographyScience of species distribution
Range of life forms
foodways
Cultural practices around eating
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- oral-historyRecorded firsthand accounts
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
coevolution
Reciprocal adaptation between interacting species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
ethnobotany
Science of human-plant relationships
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
- primatologyScientific study of apes
biodiversity
Range of life forms
nutrition
Bodily use of food
- dietCustomary food consumption
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
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