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Simulations, genetics and human prehistory / edited by Shuichi Matsumura, Peter Forster & Colin Renfrew.
Penn Museum Library QH455 .S56 2008 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- McDonald Institute monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human population genetics--Computer simulation--Congresses.
- Human population genetics.
- Population genetics--Mathematical models--Congresses.
- Population genetics.
- Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models--Congresses.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Evolution (Biology)--Computer simulation--Congresses.
- Evolution (Biology)--Computer simulation.
- Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models.
- Population genetics--Mathematical models.
- Computer simulation.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ; Oakville, CT, USA : Distributed by Oxbow Books, the David Brown Company, [2008]
- Summary:
- Data from molecular genetics have changed our views on the origin, spread and timescale of our species across this planet. But how can we reveal more detail about the demography of ancient human populations? For example, is it possible to determine when and how many people arrived at a certain continent, and which route they took from a choice of geographically plausible options? One of the most promising tools for such investigation is computer simulation incorporating various demographic scenarios. The simulation outcomes must be evaluated by teams with archaeological expertise, since archaeological evidence is generally the best evidence currently available on the population histories of geographical regions. This book is a summary of the landmark conference held in Cambridge in 2005, where specialists in simulations and molecular genetics as well as archaeologists came together to present and evaluate the state of the art, and to discuss future possibilities.
- Contents:
- Out-of-Africa : where was paradise?
- What simulations tell us about complex European (pre-)histories
- Human dispersal from Asia
- Methodological challenges in ancestral inference
- Comments from archaeologists
- Experimental workshop : do the existing methods really work?.
- Notes:
- "Published with the aid of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation."
- Based upon a symposium held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge from July 29-Aug. 1, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "simulated data sets produced by Henry Harpending for the conference workshop"--P. vi.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781902937458
- 1902937457
- OCLC:
- 259959883
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