Ken Wessen, K. P. Wessen

Simulating Human Origins and Evolution

Herausgeber: Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2005, this text explores human origins and evolution using computer simulation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780521843997
• ISBN-10: 0521843995
• Artikelnr.: 24814272

Autorenporträt

Ken Wessen has PhDs in both Theoretical Physics and Human Evolution and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Visualisation. He currently works in quantitative finance, and is an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I. Simulating Species: 2. Overview
3. Simulation design
4. Running the simulation
5. Simulating diversity
6. Simulating migration
7. Discussion
Part II. Simulating Genealogies: 8. Overview
9. Simulation design
10. Simulating a single population
11. Simulating multiple populations
12. Adding genetics to the genealogy
13. Discussion
Part III. Bibliography and Index.