Human migration : biocultural perspectives / edited by Maria de Lourdes Muñoz, Michael H. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crawford, Michael H., 1939- editor.

Muñoz, Maria de Lourdes, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Sociological aspects.

Globalization.

Migrations of nations.

Human beings--Migrations.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Combining the most recent research in population development, human genetics, archaeology, anthropology, biology, linguistics and more, this book creates a comprehensive picture of human migratory patterns.

Contents:

cover

Human Migration

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Contributors

Introduction: What Can Research on Genomic and Cultural Diversity Tell Us About the Process of Migration?

Part 1

1. Genomic Insights into the Out-​of-​Africa Dispersal(s) of Modern Humans

2. Unangan (Aleut) Migrations: Causes and Consequences

3. Early Peopling of the Americas: A Palaeogenetics Perspective

Part 2

4. An Arctic Lens for American Migration: Integrating Genomics, Archaeology, and Paleoecology

5. Mitochondrial DNA Analysis and Pre-​Hispanic Maya Migrations: Languages and Climate Influence

6. Mitochondrial DNA Haplotypes in Pre-​Hispanic Human Remains from Puyil Cave, Tabasco, Mexico

Part 3

7. A Genetic Perspective on the Origin and Migration of the Samoyedic-​Speaking Populations from Siberia

8. Linguistic Diversity and Human Migrations in Gabon

9. Migration Patterns in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

10. Rapid, Adaptive Human Evolution Facilitated by Admixture in the Americas

11. Diversity of Mexican Paternal Lineages Reflects Evidence of Migration and 500 Years of Admixture

12. Migration of Garifuna: Evolutionary Success Story

Part 4

13. Out of Africa, Again: Leaving Africa

or Why Do African Youth Migrate?

14. A Sociogenetic Approach to Migration and Urbanization in Peruvian Amazonia: Implications for Population Architecture

15. Causes of Migration to and from the Ch'orti' Maya Area of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador

16. Evidence of Human Migration: Xibalbá in the Puyil Cave, Puxcatán, Tabasco

17. Migration of the Zoques to the Mountain Region of Tabasco, Mexico: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives

Part 5

18. Impact of Human Migration on the Spread of Arboviral Diseases on the United States-​Mexico Border.

19. Major Impact of Massive Migration on Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains

Conclusion

Index

Crawford181220_EAP_ATUS-Index.pdf.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-755543-8

0-19-755542-X

OCLC:

1263872767