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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve Olson |
| ISBN: | 0618352104 : 9780618352104 |
| OCLC Number: | 51756092 |
| Notes: | "A Mariner book." Earlier edition has subtitle: Discovering the past through our genes. |
| Description: | viii, 292 p. maps ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: The human pageant -- I. AFRICA: The end of evolution: the African origins of modern humans -- The individuals and groups: the divergence of modern humans -- The African diaspora and the genetic unity of modern humans -- II. THE MIDDLE EAST: Encounters with the other: modern humans and Neandertals in the Middle East -- Agriculture, civilization, and the emergence of ethnicity -- God's people: a genetic history of the Jews -- III. ASIA AND AUSTRALIA: The great migration: to Asia and beyond -- Sprung from a common source: genes and languages -- IV. EUROPE: Who are the Europeans? -- Immigration and the future of Europe -- V. THE AMERICAS: The settlement of the Americas -- The burden of knowledge: Native Americans and the Human Genome Diversity Project -- VI. THE WORLD: The end of race: Hawaii and the mixing of peoples. |
| Responsibility: | Steve Olson. |
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