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The past few years have seen a revolution in our ability to map
whole genome DNA from ancient humans. With the ancient DNA
revolution, combined with rapid genome mapping of present human
populations, has come remarkable insights into our past. This
important new data has clarified and added to our knowledge from
archaeology and anthropology, helped resolve long-existing
controversies, challenged long-held views, and thrown up some
remarkable surprises. The emerging picture is one of many waves of
ancient human migrations, so that all populations existing today
are mixes of ancient ones, as well as in many cases carrying a
genetic component from Neanderthals, and, in some populations,
Denisovans. David Reich, whose team has been at the forefront of
these discoveries, explains what the genetics is telling us about
ourselves and our complex and often surprising ancestry. Gone are
old ideas of any kind of racial 'purity', or even deep and ancient
divides between peoples. Instead, we are finding a rich variety of
mixtures. Reich describes the cutting-edge findings from the past
few years, and also considers the sensitivities involved in tracing
ancestry, with science sometimes jostling with politics and
tradition. He brings an important wider message: that we should
celebrate our rich diversity, and recognize that every one of us is
the result of a long history of migration and intermixing of
ancient peoples, which we carry as ghosts in our DNA. What will we
discover next?
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is
evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose
subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human
adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in
which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer
peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect
theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition.Volume 1: Hunters
and Gatherers - History, Evolution and Social ChangeVolume II:
Hunters and Gatherers - Property, Power and Ideology
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is
evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose
subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human
adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in
which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer
peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect
theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition.Volume 1: Hunters
and Gatherers - History, Evolution and Social ChangeVolume II:
Hunters and Gatherers - Property, Power and Ideology
La extracción de ADN de los huesos de nuestros ancestros ha
permitido resolver importantes controversias sobre la prehistoria,
hasta el punto de cambiar su interpretación. Hoy en dÃa puede
extraerse y analizarse ADN antiguo y, en buena medida gracias a las
aportaciones del propio David Reich, se ha puesto de manifiesto que
la genómica es tan relevante como la arqueologÃa o la
lingüÃstica a la hora de estudiar las poblaciones del pasado. En
Quiénes somos y cómo hemos llegado hasta aquÃ, Reich nos enseña
que el genoma humano, además de aportar toda la información que
necesita un óvulo humano fertilizado para desarrollarse, contiene
en sà mismo la historia de nuestra especie. La revolución de la
genómica y del ADN antiguo está transformando lo que sabemos
sobre el linaje de los humanos y, según nos explica Reich, los
estudios de ADN revelan una larga historia de desigualdad entre
poblaciones distintas, asà como entre ambos sexos y entre
individuos de una misma población. Esta obra desmiente la
interpretación ortodoxa de que no hay diferencias biológicas
relevantes entre poblaciones humanas y, al mismo tiempo, utiliza
los sólidos datos de la genómica para ilustrar la improbabilidad
de que las diferencias, que sà existen, se correspondan con los
estereotipos de siempre.
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is
evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose
subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human
adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in
which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer
peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect
theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition. Volume I takes a
close look that the history, evolution and social change of
hunter-gatherers, while Volume II looks at their property, power,
and ideology. Together they offer a thorough overview, perfect for
Social Anthropology courses.
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is
evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose
subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human
adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in
which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer
peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect
theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition. Volume I takes a
close look that the history, evolution and social change of
hunter-gatherers, while Volume II looks at their property, power,
and ideology. Together they offer a thorough overview, perfect for
Social Anthropology courses.
A full-colour and beautifully illustrated guide into transforming
your existing garden or plot of land into a modern,
visually-stunning - but also easily achieved and maintained -
space. Including full-colour images and tips and tricks from
gardening experts and Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners Harry
and David Rich as well as suggestions tailored to various garden
types, this is a must-read for anyone wanting that little bit of
paradise to escape to at home... 'Full of creativity and good
ideas... plenty here to whet the appetite of an aspiring garden
designer' -- Gardens Illustrated 'Love Your Plot is a book to read
right through and then dip into again to bring a particular idea or
method of working back into focus.' -- Garden Design Journal 'Very
inspiring' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is a joy to own,
beautifully written and illustrated. It's crammed with information,
easy to read and fantastic inspiration' -- ***** Reader review
'Awesome book. Clear and easy to understand with lots of useful
tips' -- ***** Reader review 'Best book ever for any garden
designer - an excellent read' -- ***** Reader review 'A gold mine
of garden design wisdom' -- ***** Reader review
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Fusing conceptual garden design with the beauty of the natural
landscape, twice Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners and stars
of BBC's Garden Rescue Harry and David Rich are here to show you
how you can transform your outdoor space into a beautiful Eden, no
matter what plot you have. In Love Your Plot Harry and David set
out to help you transform your outdoor space into an inspiration
green haven by making nature work for you. Fusing different outdoor
elements, such as coastal and woodland landscapes, alongside key
design principles, they will show you how to create a modern,
practical and visually stunning outdoor space that will awe and
inspire - and that is crucially easy to maintain. Complete with
practical tips, unique sketches and designs, planting suggestions
and stunning full-colour visuals, Love Your Plot will have you
reaching for the spade and wellies in no time at all to create your
own Eden, no matter what plot you've got.
Mirabelle is born to Antipathy and Gorgon, the most powerful
witch and warlock in the land. All who used magic knew that because
of the powers of her parents, the child would one day grow up to
become the most fearsome evil witch the kingdom had ever known.
In order to save the kingdom from an awful fate, Matilda, Queen
of the Fairies, intrudes upon the child's baptismal "cleansing of
all that is good." She casts a spell on her, granting her the
powers to resist her parents' teachings and determine her own
destiny. But Matilda pays the price. The angry witches transform
Matilda into an old hag and steal her soul, which Antipathy stores
in a locket around her neck.
The very same day of Mirabelle's birth, Claudette, a sweet farm
girl, was born. The two girls' lives are destined to intersect, as
Mirabelle must decide whether to follow the ways of the witches or
to carve her own path.
The WITCH AND THE BABY PRINCESS is an original prequel to
Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale CINDERELLA. It tells the
story of how a special child became blessed with her very own Fairy
Godmother.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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The New Age movement is a twentieth-century socio-cultural
phenomenon in the Western world with Glastonbury as one of its
major centers. Through experimenting with a number of ways of
analyzing this movement, the authors were able to develop a novel
theory of social religious movements of broad applicability. Based
around contradictions relating to such central anthropological
concepts as communitas, egalitarianism, individualism, holism, and
autonomy, it reveals the processes by which, having abandoned a
mainstream lifestyle, people come to build up a counter-culture way
of life. Drawing on their own work on tribal shamanistic religions,
the authors are able to point out interesting similarities between
the latter and the Glastonbury New Age movement. Not only that:
their model allows them to explain such wide-ranging social and
religious movements as the Hutterites, the Kibbutz, and Green
communes. In fact, the authors argue, these movements may be
regarded as variations of the Glastonbury type.
The New Age movement is a twentieth-century socio-cultural
phenomenon in the Western world with Glastonbury as one of its
major centers. Through experimenting with a number of ways of
analyzing this movement, the authors were able to develop a novel
theory of social religious movements of broad applicability. Based
around contradictions relating to such central anthropological
concepts as communitas, egalitarianism, individualism, holism, and
autonomy, it reveals the processes by which, having abandoned a
mainstream lifestyle, people come to build up a counter-culture way
of life. Drawing on their own work on tribal shamanistic religions,
the authors are able to point out interesting similarities between
the latter and the Glastonbury New Age movement. Not only that:
their model allows them to explain such wide-ranging social and
religious movements as the Hutterites, the Kibbutz, and Green
communes. In fact, the authors argue, these movements may be
regarded as variations of the Glastonbury type.
After critiquing chaos, catastrophe, and complexity theories,
showing their limitations in the contemporary era, Rich furthers
the development of crisis theory and applies the crisis theory
approach to biological and social evolution. Treating evolution in
the context of crisis theory, he shows that as evolution is both
genetic and social, social evolution is an extension of biological
evolution. As physical evolution results from problem solving,
social evolution develops from the solving of historically
significant problems, bringing about, for instance, the post-World
War II era of knowledge. In this context, Rich discusses the
problems of our era, with an emphasis on the paradox of
industrialization and its consequences for wealthy and poor nations
alike. The paradox of industrialization is approached in terms of
crisis theory and resolved.
Neither Wolf Nor Dog explores the experiences of three groups--Northern Utes, Hupas, and Tohono O'odhams--with settled reservation and allotted agriculture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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