The 10,000 year explosion \ How Civilization accelerated human evolution \ Gregory Cochran

By:

Cochran, Gregory

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books 2009 Edition: 1Description: 288 pContent type:

texto

Media type:

no mediado

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

978946500221

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

599.938 C6631

Contents:

1.Preface2.Overview: Conventional Wisdom3.The neanderthal Within4.Agriculture: The Big Change 5.Consequences of Agriculture 6.Gene Flow7.Expansions8.Medieval Evolution: How the Ashkenazi Jews Got Their Smarts 9.Conclusion 10.Notes11.Glossary12.Bibliography13.Credits14.Index

Abstract: Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, Cochran and Harpending´s analysis demonstrates convincingly that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. A provocative and fascinating new look at human evolution that turns conventional wisdom on its head, The 10,000 Year Explosion reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libros	Biblioteca UHEMISFERIOS CC. NN. Y MATEMÁTICAS	599.938 C6631 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Ej.1	Available	Acervo General de Libros		23594

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Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, Cochran and Harpending´s analysis demonstrates convincingly that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. A provocative and fascinating new look at human evolution that turns conventional wisdom on its head, The 10,000 Year Explosion reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race.

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