Migration in Human Microevolution: 24 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 24)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 1/12/2008
EAN 9780521019545, ISBN10: 0521019540
Paperback, 256 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Migration and colonization are major forces affecting the frequency, spatial pattern and spread of genes in human populations. Here, Alan Fix reviews theories of migration developed by biologists and social scientists and surveys patterns of migration in a diverse sample of human populations. Using these empirical studies, he evaluates models of migration developed by population geneticists and explores more realistic models using computer simulation. He then shows the relevance of studies of migration as a microevolutionary process to the understanding of longer term global patterns of human diversification, by examining the spread of anatomically modern Homo sapiens, the demic diffusion of agriculture in Europe, and the origins of human diversity in the Malayan Peninsula. By focusing on migration as a process rather than as its genetic consequences, the book provides a bridge between biological and social science studies of migration, genetic microevolutionary theory and longer term human evolution.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The study of migration
2. The anthropology of human migration
3. Population genetics models and human migration
4. Computer simulation models
5. Migration and colonization in human evolution
6. Conclusions
an evolutionary framework for the study of migration
References.