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Mapping human history

genes, race, and our common origins

1st Mariner Books ed.

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An edition of Mapping human history (2002)

Mapping human history

genes, race, and our common origins

1st Mariner Books ed.

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Mapping Human History is a comprehensive guide to the evolution of humans. The book is carefully chaptered into specific sections which focus on explaining both the geographical causes of human evolution (for example, isolation); the nature of which human characteristics are transferred to future generations by genetic processes; and the effects this has had on the distribution of humans across the planet. Olson accumulates a rich wealth of evidence such that the book covers a wide epoch of time and is valuable reading for many different cultures and ethnicities. It succeeds also in terms of providing complex and perhaps hitherto unknown ideas for readers about ideas such as 'mitochondrial Eve' and the Kalahari bushmen, whilst being easily accessible for anyone with just a framework knowledge of the barebones of evolution or genetics. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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Houghton Mifflin, Mariner Books
Language
English
Pages
292

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Genotype, Population Dynamics, Human genetics, Migratie (biologie), Human population genetics, Variabilité génétique, Anthropologie physique et histoire, Physical Anthropology, Migrations, Human beings, Population Genetics, Physical anthropology and history, Mensen, Génétique des populations humaines, Variation, Evolutie, Genen, Biologische aspecten, Genetische variatie, Homme, Migration, Physical anthropology, Human beings, migrations, Population genetics

Places

Africa

Times

200Kya
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Cover of: Mapping human history
Mapping human history: unravelling the mystery of Adam and Eve
2003, Bloomsbury
in English
Cover of: Mapping Human History
Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
April 1, 2003, Mariner Books
in English
Cover of: Mapping Human History
Mapping Human History
July 7, 2003, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Cover of: Mapping human history
Mapping human history: genes, race, and our common origins
2003, Houghton Mifflin, Mariner Books
in English - 1st Mariner Books ed.
Cover of: Mapping human history
Mapping human history: discovering the past through our genes
2002, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Mapping Human History
Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
May 15, 2002, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Mapping human history
Mapping human history: discovering the past through our genes
2002, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Mapping Human History
Mapping Human History
July 8, 2002, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The human pageant
I. AFRICA: The end of evolution: the African origins of modern humans
The individuals and groups: the divergence of modern humans
The African diaspora and the genetic unity of modern humans
II. THE MIDDLE EAST: Encounters with the other: modern humans and Neandertals in the Middle East
Agriculture, civilization, and the emergence of ethnicity
God's people: a genetic history of the Jews
III. ASIA AND AUSTRALIA: The great migration: to Asia and beyond
Sprung from a common source: genes and languages
IV. EUROPE: Who are the Europeans? == Immigration and the future of Europe
V. THE AMERICAS: The settlement of the Americas
The burden of knowledge: Native Americans and the Human Genome Diversity Project
VI. THE WORLD: The end of race: Hawaii and the mixing of peoples.

Edition Notes

"A Mariner book."

Earlier edition has subtitle: Discovering the past through our genes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-275) and index.

Published in
Boston [Mass.]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599.9
Library of Congress
QH455 .O474 2003, QH455.O474 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 292 p.
Number of pages
292

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OL18390569M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0618352104
LCCN
2003041715
OCLC/WorldCat
51756092
Library Thing
46672
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267838

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