The First Americans
Subtitle: origins, affinities, and adaptations
By: edited by William S. Laughlin and Albert B. Harper.
Contributors: Laughlin, William S.; Harper, Albert B., 1950-
Publisher: G. Fischer; Gustav Fischer
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Indians -- Origin -- Congresses.; Indians -- Anthropometry -- Congresses.; Human population genetics -- Congresses.
Description: Volume results from the Wenner-Gren Foundation conference held at Burg-Wartenstein, Austria in 1976. Contains 15 papers focusing on the first Americans and the processes of adaptation, the analysis of variability, affinities, origins and health.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Proceedings of a conference held at the European Conference Center of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Burg-Wartenstein, Austria, Aug. 21-30, 1976.