Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology: Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Genetics

Petraglia, Michael D.; Allchin, Bridget

South Asia is home to a diverse range of prehistoric and contemporary cultures that include foragers, pastoralists, and farmers. In this book, archaeologists, biological anthropologists, geneticists and linguists are brought together in order to provide a comprehensive account of the history and evolution of human populations residing in the subcontinent. A wide range of topics and issues are addressed in this book, including hominin adaptations, behaviours, and dispersals; the origin and spread of food producing economies; and the cultural, biological and genetic relationship of foragers and settled communities. New theories, methodologies and interpretations presented in this book are bound to have a profound effect on the way in which the cultural record of South Asia is perceived and how this evolutionary history relates to events in the wider world.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-11-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789048173945

DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5562-5

Dimensions: 277cm x210cm

Pages: 465