Title: The evolution and history of human populations in South Asia : inter-disciplinary studies in archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and genetics /
Authors: Petraglia, M. D.; Allchin, Bridget.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Linguistics; Hominidae; Culture; Biological Evolution; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ethnology; Archaeology methods; Anthropology, Physical; Excavations (Archaeology) South Asia Congresses.; Physical anthropology South Asia Congresses.; Genetics South Asia Congresses.; Asia; South Asia Population Congresses.; South Asia Languages Congresses.
Abstract: (Publisher-supplied data) 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.