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- catalog abstract "Where did the first humans originate? How and when did humans get onto North America, the tip of South America, and Australia? Was there a single human ancestress whose mitochondria survive within us today? Because history cannot be repeated, we may never have answers to these far-reaching questions. Yet, population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza proposed that the evolutionary past of humankind can be reconstructed by analyzing current genetic data. Now, in The Great Human Diasporas, coauthored with his son, Cavalli-Sforza presents in a single volume for the non-specialist the fruits of over forty years of research. After providing a thorough grounding in evolutionary theory, Cavalli-Sforza takes readers back to the heady times of 1961-62 when he and a few colleagues were able to bring together genetic data on blood groups for fifteen populations spread out on five continents. By computing the genetic distance between pairs of populations, these scientists were able to develop an evolutionary tree that looks surprisingly like the ones reconstructed today, even with fifteen times more information. Using this crude tree, scientists could trace the approximate routes modern humans took in colonizing the earth 100,000 years ago and discover when populations split off from each other to form new groups. In the course of his work, Cavalli-Sforza joined forces with archaeologists, linguists, anthropologists, and molecular biologists. He shows how both archaeological and genetic data were used to track human migrations during the spread of agriculture; he probes such topics as the existence of a single ancestral language and the relationship between biological and linguistic evolution; and he brings us up to date with his current work as chief sponsor of the human genome diversity project, an ambitious attempt to analyze the most significant individual variations in human genomes.".
- catalog alternative "Chi siamo. English".
- catalog contributor b7732616.
- catalog contributor b7732617.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "After providing a thorough grounding in evolutionary theory, Cavalli-Sforza takes readers back to the heady times of 1961-62 when he and a few colleagues were able to bring together genetic data on blood groups for fifteen populations spread out on five continents. By computing the genetic distance between pairs of populations, these scientists were able to develop an evolutionary tree that looks surprisingly like the ones reconstructed today, even with fifteen times more information. Using this crude tree, scientists could trace the approximate routes modern humans took in colonizing the earth 100,000 years ago and discover when populations split off from each other to form new groups.".
- catalog description "In the course of his work, Cavalli-Sforza joined forces with archaeologists, linguists, anthropologists, and molecular biologists. He shows how both archaeological and genetic data were used to track human migrations during the spread of agriculture; he probes such topics as the existence of a single ancestral language and the relationship between biological and linguistic evolution; and he brings us up to date with his current work as chief sponsor of the human genome diversity project, an ambitious attempt to analyze the most significant individual variations in human genomes.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-288) and index.".
- catalog description "The oldest way of life -- Portraits from the past -- One hundred thousand years -- Why are we different? The theory of evolution -- How different are we? The genetic history of the human species -- The last ten thousand years : the great trek of the cultivators -- The Tower of Babel -- Cultural legacies, genetic legacies -- Race and racism -- Evolution and progress.".
- catalog description "Where did the first humans originate? How and when did humans get onto North America, the tip of South America, and Australia? Was there a single human ancestress whose mitochondria survive within us today? Because history cannot be repeated, we may never have answers to these far-reaching questions. Yet, population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza proposed that the evolutionary past of humankind can be reconstructed by analyzing current genetic data. Now, in The Great Human Diasporas, coauthored with his son, Cavalli-Sforza presents in a single volume for the non-specialist the fruits of over forty years of research.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 300 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0201407558".
- catalog identifier "0201442310 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Helix book.".
- catalog isPartOf "Helix books".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley ; Cambridge, Mass : Perseus Books,".
- catalog subject "1996 D-025".
- catalog subject "573.2 20".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Continental Population Groups.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic Groups.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic groups.".
- catalog subject "GN 281 C377c 1995".
- catalog subject "GN281 .C3813 1995".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Population.".
- catalog subject "Human beings Migrations.".
- catalog subject "Human evolution.".
- catalog subject "Human genetics.".
- catalog subject "Race.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The oldest way of life -- Portraits from the past -- One hundred thousand years -- Why are we different? The theory of evolution -- How different are we? The genetic history of the human species -- The last ten thousand years : the great trek of the cultivators -- The Tower of Babel -- Cultural legacies, genetic legacies -- Race and racism -- Evolution and progress.".
- catalog title "Chi siamo. English".
- catalog title "The great human diasporas : the history of diversity and evolution / Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza and Francesco Cavalli-Sforza ; translated from the Italian by Sarah Thorne.".
- catalog type "text".