Genes, Fossils, and Behaviour: An Integrated Approach to Human EvolutionPeter Donnelly, Robert Foley While the basic pattern of hominid evolution is well documented, the recent evolutionary history of homo sapiens is less clear. Application of molecular genetics techniques has great potential for resolving issues over this period, but as the complexity of such data increases, the quantitative methods used for its analysis are becoming more important. This phase is also one of the richest for biological and behavioural evidence derived from both fossils and archaeology. The book will contain expository and state-of-the-art research contributions from experts in these diverse areas, covering data and its interpretation, and experimental and analytical techniques. |
Contents
Preface Peter Donnelly and Robert A Foley | 1 |
when and where do they fit? | 13 |
Genome versus population understanding in human genetic studies | 49 |
Genetic variances within and between human groups Guido Barbujani | 63 |
Modern human origins in light of the nuclear DNA diversity in world | 79 |
HLA polymorphism and human evolution Naoyuki Takahata | 99 |
a review Mark Stoneking | 111 |
On detecting ancient admixture Magnus Nordborg | 123 |
Ancestral inference from gene trees R C Griffiths | 137 |
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Estimating the contribution of Palaeolithic and Neolithic groups to | 189 |
a template for human evolution? | 205 |
The anthropological demographic and ecological context of human | 223 |
Author Index | 246 |
Common terms and phrases
Acad admixture African AIPs allele frequencies allelic lineages Alu element analysis ancestral population Anthropol archaeological Asian autocorrelation Bamshad Barbujani Batzer behaviour Biol caste Cavalli-Sforza chimpanzee chromosome coalescent communities demographic dispersal distribution DNA sequences Donnelly effective population effective population size estimated Europe European evidence Evol evolutionary expansion female Figure Foley fossil gene flow gene tree genetic data genetic diversity genome geographical groups haplotypes Harpending heterozygosity hominins Homo human evolution human populations hunter-gatherers inference Jorde Lahr likelihood loci locus males markers microsatellite mitochondrial DNA modern human origins molecular mtDNA mutation rate Natl Neanderthals Neolithic origin of modern pairwise Palaeolithic parameters patterns phylogenetic Pleistocene polymorphisms population genetics primates Proc R. C. Griffiths recent recombination region reproductive sample segregating sites selection simulation social spatial species Stoneking Stringer structure studies subpopulation Takahata TMRCA values variable variance variation Y chromosome Y-chromosome