Darwin and Human Evolution (Origin of Species Revisited) - Couverture rigide

Ranjana Ray, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay And Samir Banerjee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9381574162 ISBN 13 : 9789381574164

Editeur : THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, 2014

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 192 (Throughout Color and B/W Illustrations)

About the Book
The book is homage to Charles Darwin. It reassessed Darwin and his theory of evolution. Systematic synthesis of Darwinian concepts in the contemporary perspective of research and innovations are the focal points of this book. The Asiatic Society had provided research materials to Darwin for his famous work on evolution. This volume includes works of the scientists who are continuing with Darwin's specimens in the Bird division of Natural History Museum of United Kingdom. There are articles on valuable and enigmatic fossil findings from China, Indonesia and India. Detail description of the fossil remains is given together with their evolutionary implications and settlement histories in Asia. Evolution is viewed from the bio-cultural view point. Recent concepts and researches on evolution from the perspective of molecular biology are discussed. Bio-engineering and genomic programming points out modern techniques for understanding evolution. Above all there are discourses on population structure, biological framework for understanding people of Indian subcontinent. Genomic and cultural studies have established the antiquity of Indian population. Highly acclaimed findings substantiated by DNA analysis of Indian people both of modern and ancient are discussed. Much of the myths in respect to peopling of India is unravelled in this book.
About the Author
Ranjana Ray is a former professor of the Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University. She has been conferred with Emeritus Fellowship by UGC considering her highly acclaimed contribution in anthropology. She is an elected member of the executive body of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, a body of the UNESCO. She is the Anthropological Secretary of the Asiati

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: THE ASIATIC SOCIETY
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9381574162
• ISBN 13: 9789381574164
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 180
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