Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution A Synthesis

Name: Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution A Synthesis
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ISBN: 9781405131667

ISBN-10: 1405131667

ISBN-13: 9781405131667

Edition: 2006

Authors: Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin, L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

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Description:

Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, this textbook on human evolution offers students a combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. It demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides a foundation for understanding cultural human diversity.

Book details

List price: $68.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Figures


Plates


Preface


Introduction




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: the process of cultural evolution



Genes and culture in medicine


General conclusion



The denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) technique



The Hardy-Weinberg theorem



A simulation of drift



The diversification of languages


Notes


Key references


Glossary


Index