Description: Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Ecology and Population Structure Author(s): Michael H. Crawford, James H. Mielke Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., United States Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN-13: 9781461567714, 978-1461567714 Synopsis This volume examines the interrelationship of ecology, subsistence pat terns, and the observed genetic variation in human populations. Hence, the book is divided conceptually into the following categories: nonhuman primates, hunters and gatherers, nomads, swidden agriculturalists, peas ant farmers, religious isolates, and modern and urban aggregates. While many of these populations have experienced (and are experiencing) ac culturation as a result of contact with technologically more advanced groups, the genetic structures described in this volume attempt to recon struct the traditional patterns as well as genetic changes because of con tact. Most chapters also integrate biological (genetic), social, and de mographic data within an ecological frame thus presenting a holistic view of the population structures of ecologically distinct groups. The first chapter examines the body of early nonhuman primate lit erature that emphasized ecological determinism in effecting the popula tion structure of our primate ancestors-relatives. It also examines more recent literature (since 1970) in which it became apparent that greater flexibility exists in primate social structure within specific environmental frameworks. Thus, it appears that our nonhuman primate evolutionary heritage is not one of ecological determinism in social organization but one of flexibility and rapid change suggesting the evolutionary success of our species is based upon a system of flexibility and that social ad aptations can be accomplished in a number of diverse ways.
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Book Title: Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics
Number of Pages: 525 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics: Ecology and Population Structure
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Biology
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 788 g
Type: Textbook
Author: James H. Mielke, Michael H. Crawford
Series: Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
