Simulations, genetics and human prehistory
By: edited by Shuichi Matsumura, Peter Forster & Colin Renfrew.
Contributors: Matsumura, Shuichi, Dr.; Forster, Peter, 1967-; Renfrew, Colin, 1937-; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Series: McDonald Institute monographs
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research; Distributed by Oxbow Books; USA [distributor], David Brown Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Oxford, UK; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781902937458
Subjects: Human population genetics -- Computer simulation -- Congresses; Population genetics -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Evolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Evolution (Biology) -- Computer simulation -- Congresses; Island archaeology -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Island archaeology -- Computer simulation -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: "Based upon the symposium "Simulations, genetics and human prehistory: a focus on islands" held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge [England] from 29 July 29 to 1 August 2005"--P. xiii.

"On CD: simulated data sets produced by Henry Harpending for the conference workshop"--P. vi.

"Published with the aid of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Out-of-Africa : where was paradise?; title: What simulations tell us about complex European (pre-)histories; title: Human dispersal from Asia; title: Methodological challenges in ancestral inference; title: Comments from archaeologists; title: Experimental workshop : do the existing methods really work?.