| Description |
viii, 292 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
| 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 |
| Notes |
"A Mariner book." |
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Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2002 |
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Earlier edition has subtitle: Discovering the past through our genes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Migrations.
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Human beings -- Migration.
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Human population genetics.
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Human genetics -- Variation.
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Physical anthropology and history.
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| LC no. |
2003041715 |
| ISBN |
0618352104 |
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