Genes, culture, and human evolution : a synthesis / Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin ; with an introduction by L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza.

Author/creator Stone, Linda, 1947-
Other author Lurquin, Paul F.
Other author Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA : Blackwell, 2007.
Descriptionxxi, 314 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents 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 -- Genes and culture in medicine.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-297) and index.
LCCN 2006004375
ISBN1405150890 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405150897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405131667 (pbk. : alk. paper)