Genes, culture, and human evolution:a synthesis

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stone Linda, 1947-
Group Author: Lurquin Paul F.; Cavalli-Sforza L. L.; (Luigi Luca), 1922-
Published: Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Malden, MA
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxi, 314 p., [12] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 1405150890 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405150897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: Q981
CLC: Q981.1
Q987
Q98
Call Number: Q98/S878
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-297) and index.
Genetic and cultural theory : a brief overview -- Human descent and paleoanthropology -- Foundations of classical and molecular genetics -- Genetics as a key to human origins and prehistory -- Fundamentals of human evolution : mutation and natural selection -- Fundamentals of human evolution : drift, migration, and quantitative analysis of human genetic diversity -- Cultural evolution -- Geography of human genes and correlation with languages -- The prehistory of human genes -- Voyages : prehistoric human expansions -- The neolithic transition in Europe and the peopling of the Americas -- Genes, kinship, and human identity -- Cultural clines, clades, cycles, and waves -- Genes and culture in medicine.