South American Indians : a case study in evolution
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South American Indians : a case study in evolution
（Research monographs on human population biology, no. 6）（Oxford science publications）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1988
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Description
This book presents a human population biology study of South American Indians. They are a useful source to study, both in their own right and as representing an important case-study in human evolution. In this work, results obtained in a wide variety of different disciplines have been brought together for the first time. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of genetic variability, and the evolutionary inferences that can be made considering this variation. One-third of the book describes the extensive gene-frequency data available for South American Indian populations, which were submitted to detailed univariate and multivariate analyses. Each chapter opens with a brief evaluation of the field of enquiry to be covered. A synthesis is presented together with a list of unsettled issues, and an extensive bibliography is provided.
Table of Contents
- Origins and early differentiation
- Historical populations, and the physical, biotic, and cultural environment
- Population structure
- Ecology, nutrition, and physiological adaptation
- Disease patterns
- Morphology
- Discontinuous genetic variability - description
- Discontinuous genetic variability - analysis by system
- Discontinuous genetic variability - multivariate analysis
- Synthesis.
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