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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583479903321

Autore

Herrera Rene J.

Titolo

Ancestral DNA, human origins, and migrations / / Rene J. Herrera, Ralph Garcia-Bertrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : Academic Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-12-804128-5

0-12-804124-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (590 pages)

Disciplina

573.2

Soggetti

Human evolution

Human genetics

Human beings - Migrations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The nature of evolution -- Early hominins -- Origin of modern humans -- The exodus out of Africa -- The settlement of the Near East -- Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Hobbits -- Dispersals into India -- The occupation of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Australia -- The Austronesian expansion -- From Africa to the Americas -- The Bantu expansion -- Modern humans in Europe -- The agricultural revolutions -- The silk roads.