Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
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Contents |
Human evolution and culture change in the Indian subcontinent / Michael D. Petraglia and Bridget Allchin -- Afo-Eurasian mammalian fauna and early hominin dispersals / Alan Turner and Hannah J. O'Regan -- "Resource-rich, stone-poor" : early hominin land use in large river systems of northern India and Pakistan / Robin Dennell -- Toward developing a basin model for Paleolithic settlement of the Indian subcontinent : geodynamics, monsoon dynamics, habitat diversity and dispersal routes / Ravi Korisettar -- The Acheulean of peninsular India with special reference to the Hungsi and Baichbal valleys of the lower Deccan / K. Paddayya -- Changing trends in the study of a Paleolithic site in India : a century of research at Attirampakkam / Shanti Pappu -- Was Homo heidelbergensis in South Asia? : a test using the Narmada fossil from central India / Sheela Athreya -- The Toba supervolcanic eruption : tephra-fall deposits in India and paleoanthropological implications / Sacha C. Jones -- The emergence of modern human behavior in South Asia : a review of the current evidence and discussion of its possible implications / Hannah V.A. James -- Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia : Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA perspectives : the world through the eyes of two haploid genomes / Phillip Endicott, Mait Metspalu and Toomas Kivisild -- Cranial diversity in South Asia relative to modem human dispersals and global patterns of human variation / Jay T. Stock, Marta Mirazón Lahr and Samanti Kulatilake -- Interpreting biological diversity in South Asian prehistory : early Holocene population affinities and subsistence adaptations / Sohn R. Lukacs -- Population movements in the Indian subcontinent during the protohistoric period : physical anthropological assessment / S.R. Walimbe -- Foragers and forager-traders in South Asian worlds : some thoughts from the last 10,000 years / Kathleen D. Morrison -- Anthropological, historical, archaeological and genetic perspectives on the origins of caste in South Asia / Nicole Boivin -- Language families and quantitative methods in South Asia and elsewhere / April McMahon and Robert McMahon -- Duality in Bos indicus mtDNA diversity : support for geographical complexity in zebu domestication / David A. Magee, Hideyuki Mannen and Daniel G. Bradley -- Non-human genetics, agricultural origins and historical linguistics in South Asia / Dorian Q. Fuller -- Thoughts on The evolution and history of human populations in South Asia / Gregory L. Possehl |
Summary |
South Asia is home to a diverse range of prehistoric and contemporary cultures that include foragers, pastoralists, and farmers. This book brings together archaeologists, biological anthropologists, geneticists and linguists in order to provide a comprehensive account of the history and evolution of human populations residing in the subcontinent |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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social sciences |
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antropologie |
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anthropology |
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archeologie |
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archaeology |
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humane genetica |
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human genetics |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
In |
Springer e-books |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Asia -- Congresses
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Physical anthropology -- South Asia -- Congresses
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Genetics -- South Asia -- Congresses
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Linguistics.
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Culture.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Physical anthropology.
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Anthropology, Physical -- history
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Anthropology, Physical
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Linguistics
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Asian People -- ethnology
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Evolution
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Culture
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Hominidae
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Archaeology -- methods
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Biological Evolution
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linguistics.
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culture note.
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evolution.
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physical anthropology.
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culture (concept)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Linguistics
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Evolution (Biology)
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Culture
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Genetics
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Language and languages
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Physical anthropology
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Population
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SUBJECT |
South Asia -- Population -- Congresses
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South Asia -- Languages -- Congresses
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South Asia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125541
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Asia |
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South Asia
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Petraglia, M. D. (Michael D.)
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Allchin, Bridget
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ISBN |
9781402055621 |
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1402055625 |
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9781402055614 |
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1402055617 |
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9786610902606 |
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6610902607 |
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