Genes, culture, and human evolution : a synthesis / Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin ; with an introduction by L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Author:: Stone, Linda, 1947-
Published:: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007.
Physical Description:: xxi, 314 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Additional Creators:: Lurquin, Paul F. and Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-

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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.

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ISBN:

9781405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405150897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405150890 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-297) and index.

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