Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xii, 227, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Note |
Rev. translation of: Genes, peuples et langues. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index. |
Contents |
Genes and history -- A walk in the woods -- Of Adam and Eve -- Technological revolutions and gene geography -- Genes and languages -- Cultural transmission and evolution. |
Summary |
"Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza was among the first to ask whether the genes of modern populations contain a historical record of the human species. Cavalli-Sforza and others have answered this question - anticipated by Darwin - with a decisive yes. Genes, Peoples, and Languages comprises five lectures that serve as a summation of the author's work over several decades, the goal of which has been nothing less than tracking the past 100,000 years of human evolution."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Human evolution.
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Human population genetics.
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Fossil hominids.
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Language and languages -- Origin.
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ISBN |
0865475296 (alk. paper) |
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