C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor / Gabriel W. Lasker (ed.)

Biological Aspects of Human Migration

Herausgeber: Lasker, G. W.; Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas; Lasker, Gabriel W.

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of migration as an important cause of change in the genetic and demographic structure of human populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521118491
• ISBN-10: 0521118492
• Artikelnr.: 26848218

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
1. The framework of migration studies G. W. Lasker and C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor
2. Peopling of the continents: Australia and America W. S. Laughlin and A. B. Harper
3. Migration in the recent past: societies with records D. F. Roberts
4. Models of human migration: an inter-island example P. D. Raspe
5. Rural-to-urban migration Barry Bogin
6. In search of times past: gene flow and invasion in the generation of human diversity K. M. Weiss
7. Migration and adaptation Michael A. Little and Paul T. Baker
8. Migration and disease Bernice A. Kaplan
Glossary
Index.