Simulations, genetics and human prehistory / edited by Shuichi Matsumura, Peter Forster & Colin Renfrew.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ; Oakville, CT, USA : Distributed by Oxbow Books, the David Brown Company, ©2008.
Descriptionxiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Human population genetics--Computer simulation. --Congresses.
Population genetics--Mathematical models. --Congresses.
Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models. --Congresses.
Evolution (Biology)--Computer simulation. --Congresses.

Other author/creatorMatsumura, Shūichi, editor.
Other author/creatorForster, Peter, 1967- editor.
Other author/creatorRenfrew, Colin, 1937- editor.
Other author/creatorMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Other author/creatorAlfred P. Sloan Foundation.
SeriesMcDonald Institute monographs
McDonald Institute monographs. ^A691838
Partial contents Out-of-Africa : where was paradise? -- What simulations tell us about complex European (pre-)histories -- Human dispersal from Asia -- Methodological challenges in ancestral inference -- Comments from archaeologists -- Experimental workshop : do the existing methods really work?.
General note"Published with the aid of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation."
General noteBased upon a symposium held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge from July 29-Aug. 1, 2005.
General note"On CD, Simulated data sets produced by Henry Harpending for the conference workshop"--P. vi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781902937458
ISBN1902937457

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