Africa from MIS 6-2 - Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2016
Editors:	Sacha C. Jones • Brian A. Stewart
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	424
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-9402413687
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > History > African history > General Promotions
LSN:	9402413685
Barcode:	9789402413687

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