Simulations, genetics and human prehistory /

Simulations, genetics and human prehistory /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ; Oxford, UK: Distributed by Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : USA [distributor], David Brown Co., c2008.
Description:	xiv, 207 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:	English
Series:	McDonald Institute monographs. 1363-1349 McDonald Institute monographs.
Subject:	Human population genetics -- Computer simulation -- Congresses. Population genetics -- Mathematical models -- Congresses. Evolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models -- Congresses. Evolution (Biology) -- Computer simulation -- Congresses. Island archaeology -- Mathematical models -- Congresses. Island archaeology -- Computer simulation -- Congresses. Evolution (Biology) -- Computer simulation. Evolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models. Population genetics -- Mathematical models. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7412688

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Other authors / contributors:	Matsumura, Shuichi, 1965- Dr. Forster, Peter, 1967- Renfrew, Colin, 1937- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
ISBN:	9781902937458 1902937457
Notes:	"Based upon the symposium "Simulations, genetics and human prehistory: a focus on islands" held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge [England] from 29 July 29 to 1 August 2005"--P. xiii. "On CD: simulated data sets produced by Henry Harpending for the conference workshop"--P. vi. "Published with the aid of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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?.