{"product_id":"the-history-and-geography-of-human-genes","title":"The History and Geography of Human Genes","description":"\u003cp\u003eL. Luca Cavalli-Sforza and his collaborators Paolo Menozzi and Alberto Piazza have devoted fourteen years to one of the most compelling scientific projects of our time: the reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. In this volume  the culmination of their research  the authors explain their pathbreaking use of genetic data  which they integrate with insights from geography  ecology  archaeology  physical anthropology  and linguistics to create the first full-scale account of human evolution as it occurred across all continents. This interdisciplinary approach enables them to address a wide range of issues that continue to incite debate: the timing of the first appearance of our species  the problem of African origins and the significance of work recently done on mitochondrial DNA and the popular notion of an \"African Eve \" the controversy pertaining to the peopling of the Americas  and the reason for the presence of non-Indo-European languages--Basque  Finnish  and Hungarian--in Europe.  The authors reconstruct the history of our evolution by focusing on genetic divergence among human groups. Using genetic information accumulated over the last fifty years  they examined over 110 different inherited traits  such as blood types  HLA factors  proteins  and DNA markers  in over eighteen hundred  primarily aboriginal  populations. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of the genes  the scientists are now able to chart migrations and  in exploring genetic distance  devise a clock by which to date evolutionary history: the longer two populations are separated  the greater their genetic difference should be. This volume highlights the authors contributions to genetic geography  particularly their technique for making geographic maps of gene frequencies and their synthetic method of detecting ancient migrations  as for example the migration of Neolithic farmers from the Middle East toward Europe  West Asia  and North Africa.  Beginning with an explanation of their major sources of data and concepts  the authors give an interdisciplinary account of human evolution at the world level. Chapters are then devoted to evolution on single continents and include analyses of genetic data and how these data relate to geographic  ecological  archaeological  anthropological  and linguistic information. Comprising a wide range of viewpoints  a vast store of new and recent information on genetics  and a generous supply of visual elements  including 522 geographic maps  this book is a unique source of facts and a catalyst for further debate and research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952265326645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691087504","price":114.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691087504.jpg?v=1770156722","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-history-and-geography-of-human-genes","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}