ISBN:
9789004500228
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9004500227
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 333 pages)
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illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
Series Statement:
Africa-Europe Group for interdisciplinary studies volume 26
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Africa, the cradle of human diversity
Keywords:
Ethnology
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Human beings Origin
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Human evolution
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Human genetics Variation
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Ethnology
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Human beings - Origin
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Human evolution
;
Human genetics - Variation
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Population
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Africa Population
;
Africa
Abstract:
"This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction : Engagement Cross-Disciplinary Research in Africa /
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Early Humans in Africa.
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A Southern African Perspective on Human Origins Research between 500,000 and 50,000 Years Ago : Current Dilemmas and Questions for the Future /
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Further Notes on the Ngaloba Industry, a Middle Stone Age Assemblage Directly Associated with Early Homo in the Greater Laetoli, Northern Tanzania /
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Cultural Transitions in Africa.
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West-Central African Diversity from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, Continuities and Transitions during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene /
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Ancient Urban Assemblages and Complex Spatial and Socio-Political Organization in Iron Age Archaeological Sites from Southern Africa /
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Diversity and Variability in the Preindustrial Iron-Smelting Technologies of Great Zimbabwe, Southern Africa /
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Grappling with Diversity in Livestock-Related, Non-Agriculturist Archaeology in the Light of Genetic Research into the Lactase Persistence Allele, -14010*C, in Southern Africa /
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Genomic Research of Ancient and Modern Populations in Africa.
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Paleogenomics of the Neolithic Transition in North Africa /
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Ancient DNA Studies and African Population History /
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The H3Africa Consortium: Publication Outputs of a Pan-African Genomics Collaboration (2013 to 2020) /
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Disentangling the Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in African Diaspora Populations from a Genomic Perspective /
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