Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution - Couverture rigide

Livre 4 sur 52: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

Fix, Alan G.

 
9780521592062: Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521592062 ISBN 13 : 9780521592062
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

An integrative approach linking the causes of migration to genetic consequences for human evolution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Migration and colonization are major forces affecting the frequency, spatial pattern and spread of genes in human populations. Here, Alan Fix reviews theories of migration developed by biologists and social scientists and surveys patterns of migration in a diverse sample of human populations. Using these empirical studies, he evaluates models of migration developed by population geneticists and explores more realistic models using computer simulation. He then shows the relevance of studies of migration as a microevolutionary process to the understanding of longer term global patterns of human diversification, by examining the spread of anatomically modern Homo sapiens, the demic diffusion of agriculture in Europe, and the origins of human diversity in the Malayan Peninsula. By focusing on migration as a process rather than as its genetic consequences, the book provides a bridge between biological and social science studies of migration, genetic microevolutionary theory and longer term human evolution.

Revue de presse

"This is an excellent summary of what geneticists and evolutionary biologists should know about human migration." Quarterly Review of Biology

"...major contribution and one of very few significant works on this topical issue in recent decades." Science

"The book's treatment of these different appoaches is excellent...As such, the book will serve as a classic reference from which to further research human migration." American Jrnl of Human Biology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521592062
ISBN 13 
9780521592062
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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