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Recent Advances in Palaeodemography Data, Techniques, Patterns /

The written data used by demographers essentially cover the last five centuries. Since Homo Ergaster moved out of Africa around 1.8 million years ago and until the sub-contemporary periods, there is no data allowing us to reconstruct a demographic history that can be interpreted with the traditional...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bocquet-Appel, Jean-Pierre (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Genes to Numbers: Effective Population Sizes in Human Evolution
  • Assessment of Land Surveys in Greece: Contributions and Limitations
  • Estimation of An Age Distribution With Its Confidence Intervals Using An Iterative Bayesian Procedure and A Bootstrap Sampling Approach
  • Model Life Tables for Pre-Industrial Populations: First Application in Palaeodemography
  • The Halley Band for Paleodemographic Mortality Analysis
  • Modeling Paleolithic Predator-Prey Dynamics and the Effects of Hunting Pressure on Prey 'Choice'
  • The Demography of Prehistoric Fishing/Hunting People: A Case Study of the Upper Columbia Area
  • The Paleodemography of Central Portugal and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition
  • The Libben Site: a Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Village from the Eastern Late Woodlands of North America. Analysis and Implications for Palaeodemography and Human Origins
  • Demographic and Health Changes During the Transition to Agriculture in North America.