Research Catalog

Title

Mapping human history : discovering the past through our genes / Steve Olson.

Author

Olson, Steve, 1956-

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

viii, 292 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Human population genetics
• Human beings > Migrations
• Human genetics > Variation
• Physical anthropology and history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-275) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Human Pageant -- I. Africa. 1. The End of Evolution: The African Origins of Modern Humans. 2. Individuals and Groups: The Divergence of Modern Humans. 3. The African Diaspora and the Genetic Unity of Modern Humans -- II. The Middle East. 4. Encounters with the Other: Modern Humans and Neandertals in the Middle East. 5. Agriculture, Civilization, and the Emergence of Ethnicity. 6. God's People: A Genetic History of the Jews -- III. Asia and Australia. 7. The Great Migration: To Asia and Beyond. 8. Sprung from a Common Source: Genes and Languages -- IV. Europe. 9. Who Are the Europeans? 10. Immigration and the Future of Europe -- V. The Americas. 11. The Settlement of the Americas. 12. The Burden of Knowledge: Native Americans and the Human Genome Diversity Project -- VI. The World. 13. The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples.

ISBN

0618091572

LCCN

2001051880

OCLC

• ocm48451080
• SCSB-4277890

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries