Africa From Mis 6-2: Population Dynamics And Paleoenvironments (vertebrate Paleobiology And Paleoanthropology)
by Sacha C. Jones /
2016 / English / PDF
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Bringing together archaeological, paleoenvironmental,
paleontological and genetic data, this book makes a first attempt
to reconstruct African population histories from out species'
evolution to the Holocene. Africa during Marine Isotope
Stages (MIS) 6 to 2 (~190-12,000 years ago) witnessed the
biological development and behavioral florescence of our species.
Modern human population dynamics, which involved multiple
population expansions, dispersals, contractions and extinctions,
played a central role in our species’ evolutionary trajectory. So
far, the demographic processes – modern human population
sizes, distributions and movements – that occurred within Africa
during this critical period have been consistently
under-addressed.
Bringing together archaeological, paleoenvironmental,
paleontological and genetic data, this book makes a first attempt
to reconstruct African population histories from out species'
evolution to the Holocene. Africa during Marine Isotope
Stages (MIS) 6 to 2 (~190-12,000 years ago) witnessed the
biological development and behavioral florescence of our species.
Modern human population dynamics, which involved multiple
population expansions, dispersals, contractions and extinctions,
played a central role in our species’ evolutionary trajectory. So
far, the demographic processes – modern human population
sizes, distributions and movements – that occurred within Africa
during this critical period have been consistently
under-addressed.
The authors of this volume aim at (1) examining the impact of
this glacial-interglacial- glacial cycle on human group sizes,
movements and distributions throughout Africa; (2)
investigating the macro- and micro-evolutionary processes
underpinning our species’ anatomical and behavioral evolution;
and (3) setting an agenda whereby Africa can benefit from, and
eventually contribute to, the increasingly sophisticated
theoretical and methodological palaeodemographic frameworks
developed on other continents.
The authors of this volume aim at (1) examining the impact of
this glacial-interglacial- glacial cycle on human group sizes,
movements and distributions throughout Africa; (2)
investigating the macro- and micro-evolutionary processes
underpinning our species’ anatomical and behavioral evolution;
and (3) setting an agenda whereby Africa can benefit from, and
eventually contribute to, the increasingly sophisticated
theoretical and methodological palaeodemographic frameworks
developed on other continents.