Africa, the cradle of human diversity : cultural and biological approaches to uncover African diversity /

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"This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fortes-Lima, Cesar (Editor ), Mtetwa, Ezekia (Editor ), Schlebusch, Carina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Colección:African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 26.
Temas:
Ethnology > Africa.
Human beings > Africa > Origin.
Human evolution > Africa.
Human genetics > Variation > Africa.
Ethnologie > Afrique.
Êtres humains > Afrique > Origines.
Êtres humains > Évolution > Afrique.
Variabilité génétique > Afrique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Ethnology
Human beings > Origin
Human evolution
Human genetics > Variation
Population
Africa > Population.
Afrique > Population.
Africa
Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
Interdisciplinary studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 333 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004500228
9004500227
ISSN:1574-6925 ;

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