Genes, culture, and human evolution : a synthesis /
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| Author / Creator: | Stone, Linda, 1947- |
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007. |
| Description: | xxi, 314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6124595 |
Table of Contents:
- Figures
- Plates
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Genetic and Cultural Theory: A Brief Overview
- 2. Human Descent and Paleoanthropology
- 3. Foundations of Classical and Molecular Genetics
- 4. Genetics as a Key to Human Origins and Prehistory
- 5. Fundamentals of Human Evolution: Mutation and Natural Selection
- 6. Fundamentals of Human Evolution: Drift, Migration, and Quantitative Analysis of Human Genetic Diversity
- 7. Cultural Evolution
- 8. Geography of Human Genes and Correlation with Languages
- 9. The Prehistory of Human Genes
- 10. Voyages: Prehistoric Human Expansions
- 11. The Neolithic Transition in Europe and the Peopling of the Americas
- 12. Genes, Kinship, and Identity
- 13. Cultural Clines, Clades, Cycles, and Waves: The Process of Cultural Evolution
- 14. Genes and Culture in Medicine.General Conclusion
- Appendix 1. The Denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography (DHPLC) Technique
- Appendix 2. The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
- Appendix 3. A Simulation of Drift
- Appendix 4. The Diversification of Languages
- Notes
- Key References
- Glossary
- Index
