The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia
Subtitle: Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Genetics ... Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
Contributors: Michael D. Petraglia (Editor); Bridget Allchin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781402055614
Subjects: Anthropology; Archaeology; Asian studies; Human biology & related topics; Language & Linguistics; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Indian sub-continent; Anthropology - General; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Biological Anthropology; Genetics; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Antiquities; Congresses; History; Human evolution; Population; South Asia
Description: (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.