GeneticsandtheSearchforModernHumanOrigins
- 作者
- 出版社 Wiley-Liss
- 出版时间 2001年4月
- ISBN 9780471384137
- 定价 804.10
内容简介
Amajordebateinanthropologyconcernstherelationshipbetweenanatomicallymodernhumansandearlier"archaic"humansincludingtheNeandertals.Whatwastheoriginofmodernhumans?DidweariseasanewspeciesinAfrica200,000yearsagoandthenreplacearchaichumanpopulationsoutsideofAfrica,orareouroriginspartofasingleevolvinglineageextendingbackoverthepasttwomillionyears?Inadditiontofossilandarchaeologicalevidence,anthropologistshaveincreasinglyturnedtousinggeneticdataonlivingpopulationstoaddressthisquestion.Patternsofgeneticvariationwithinandbetweenlivinghumanpopulationsarefelttocontaincluesastoourspecies′evolutionaryhistory,andprovideareflectionofthepast.Thisbookreviewsthemodernhumanoriginsdebatefocusingonthegeneticevidencerelatingtoourorigins,includinggeneticvariationinlivinghumansandrecentdiscoveriesofancientDNAfromfossilspecimens.Followingabriefintroductiontotheproblemandareviewofevolutionarygenetics,thebookfocusesongenetreesandthesearchforacommonancestor,geneticdiversitywithinpopulations,geneticdistancesbetweenpopulations,theuseofgeneticdatatoreconstructancientdemography,andNeandertalDNA.Themainpointofthetextisthatalthoughthegeneticdataareoftencompatiblewithareplacementmodel,theyarealsocompatiblewithsomemultiregionalmodels.Theconcludingchaptermakesthecasethatmodernhumanoriginsaremostly,butnotexclusively,outofAfrica.
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