Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution

A Synthesis

Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

314 pages, parution le 24/10/2006

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Résumé

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis is a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics.

Written by two geneticists---including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project---and a socio-cultural anthropologist.
Based on recent findings in genetics and anthropology that indicate the analysis of human culture and evolution demands an integration of these fields of study.
Focuses on evolution---or, rather, co-evolution---viewed from the standpoint of genes and culture, and their inescapable interactions.
Unifies cultural and genetic concepts rather than rehashing nonempirical sociobiological musings.
Demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides an excellent foundation for understanding human cultural diversity.

L'auteur - Linda Stone

Linda Stone is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. She has produced over 25 scholarly publications, including 8 books.

L'auteur - Paul F. Lurquin

Paul F. Lurquin is Professor of Genetics at Washington State University. He is the author and coauthor of over 100 scholarly publications, including 6 books.

L'auteur - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Mondialement connu pour ses recherches en génétique des populations, Luca Cavalli-Sforza est professeur émérite à l'Université Stanford, aux États-Unis. Il est l'auteur, notamment, de Gènes, Peuples et Langues, d'Évolution biologique, évolution culturelle, de La Science du bonheur et de Génétique des populations.

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Sommaire

List of Figures and Plates
Preface
Introduction by L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Genetic and Cultural Theory: A Brief Overview
Human Descent and Paleoanthropology
Foundations of Classical and Molecular Genetics
Genetics as a Key to Human Origins and Prehistory
Fundamentals of Human Evolution: Mutation and Natural Selection
Fundamentals of Human Evolution: Drift, Migration, and Quantitative Analysis of Human Genetic +Diversity
Cultural Evolution
Geography of Human Genes and Correlation with Languages
The Prehistory of Human Genes
Voyages: Prehistoric Human Expansions
The Neolithic Transition in Europe and the Peopling of the Americas
Genes, Kinship, and Identity
Cultural Clines, Clades, Cycles, and Waves: The Process of Cultural Evolution
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

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Éditeur(s)	Blackwell
Auteur(s)	Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Parution	24/10/2006
Nb. de pages	314
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	685g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781405131667
ISBN13	978-1-4051-3166-7