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L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza and his collaborators Paolo Menozzi and Alberto Piazza have devoted fourteen years to one of the most compelling scientific projects of our time: the reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. In this volume, the culmination of their research, the authors explain their pathbreaking use of genetic data, which they integrate with insights from geography, ecology, archaeology, physical anthropology, and linguistics to create the first full-scale account of human evolution as it occurred across all continents. This interdisciplinary approach enables them to address a wide range of issues that continue to incite debate: the timing of the first appearance of our species, the problem of African origins and the significance of work recently done on mitochondrial DNA and the popular notion of an "African Eve," the controversy pertaining to the peopling of the Americas, and the reason for the presence of non-Indo-European languages--Basque, Finnish, and Hungarian--in Europe.


The authors reconstruct the history of our evolution by focusing on genetic divergence among human groups. Using genetic information accumulated over the last fifty years, they examined over 110 different inherited traits, such as blood types, HLA factors, proteins, and DNA markers, in over eighteen hundred, primarily aboriginal, populations. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of the genes, the scientists are now able to chart migrations and, in exploring genetic distance, devise a clock by which to date evolutionary history: the longer two populations are separated, the greater their genetic difference should be. This volume highlights the authors' contributions to genetic geography, particularly their technique for making geographic maps of gene frequencies and their synthetic method of detecting ancient migrations, as for example the migration of Neolithic farmers from the Middle East toward Europe, West Asia, and North Africa.


Beginning with an explanation of their major sources of data and concepts, the authors give an interdisciplinary account of human evolution at the world level. Chapters are then devoted to evolution on single continents and include analyses of genetic data and how these data relate to geographic, ecological, archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic information. Comprising a wide range of viewpoints, a vast store of new and recent information on genetics, and a generous supply of visual elements, including 522 geographic maps, this book is a unique source of facts and a catalyst for further debate and research.

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"Winner of the 1994 R.R. Hawkins Award, American Publishers Awards"

"The reconstruction of the human family tree--its branching order, its timing, and its geography--may be within our grasp. . . . This research has great importance for the obvious and most joyously legitimate parochial reason--our intense fascination with ourselves and the details of our history."
---Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History

"This is the most comprehensive treatment of human genetic variations available . . . An impressive display of synthesis and analysis." ―
Science

"This long-awaited magnum opus is a major contribution to our knowledge of human genetic variation and its distribution on a global scale." ―
American Scientist

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"The enormous breadth of its conclusions and its global scope will make this an extremely important book in the whole field of the humanities and in the scientific study of human populations. The authors are pioneering in their mapping of gene frequency distributions and in their historical interpretations of that patterning."―Colin Renfrew, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; Text is Free of Markings edition (July 5, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1088 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691087504
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691087504
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 2.5 x 11.25 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2011
"[This] landmark global study flattens The Bell Curve, proving that racial differences are only skin deep.... The History and Geography of Human Genes is.... The book's firm conclusion.... there is 'no scientific basis' for theories touting the genetic superiority of any one population over another." - Time

This is a very interesting review by Time magazine. Notice that Time says The Bell Curve shows that race differences are more than skin deep. In reality, The Bell Curve doesn't say this at all! In fact, The Bell Curve shows that races overlap considerably. The Bell Curve is merely a statistical study of differences in behavior between races concerning; graduation rates, illegitimacy, average age, poverty rate, and IQ scores which all overlap between races.

Not only that but the book The History and Geography of Human Genes discusses literally no topics discussed in The Bell Curve. They are about completely different topics.

This whole Time review reads to me, as a illogical attempt to discredit a breakthrough book- The Bell Curve. I wonder why somebody would do this?

I highly recommend both The Bell Curve and The History and Geography of Human Genes- both are landmark books in completely different fields. Also I would recommend the book The 10,000 Year Explosion for a more up to date view of recent human evolution.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2020
Really happy with this book has so much information.
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2014
clear and concise, very easy to read and understand. The material is interesting, the book condition was as described and the shipping was fast.
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
A dynamic resource for systematic research on the distribution of genetic factors across human subgroups or populations.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2020
Quick service item as described
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
should warn reader when post graduate level reading. it has more equations than charts!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016
Essential reading for the polymath.
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
This review of the discoveries of the Evolution of Human genetics well sums up what is known at this early stage of analyzing DNA in our genome. Some areas of the world are under represented (Finland, Iceland, East Asia, Native Americans and probably some others that I don't know about. I was searching for information on Native American movement. My impression is that really it has not been fully discovered. But this book is full of a lot of other information about human genetics around the world.

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manuel sanchez
5.0 out of 5 stars ¡FASCINANTE!
Reviewed in Spain on October 17, 2015
Recomendable para saber como los humanos colonizaron el Planeta y en que fechas lo hicieron, resuelve muchas dudas sobre la prehistoria y demuestra que genéticamente hablando las razas no existen. La única pega es que no exista una edición en castellano.
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Claudio
5.0 out of 5 stars CONSIGLIATO
Reviewed in Italy on August 3, 2015
è un libro che consiglio anche ai più giovani, dovrebbe essere utilizzato anche dalle scuole obbligatorie. In Italia sotto questo aspetto siamo fermi all'800.
Quader
5.0 out of 5 stars A good source of information on human trail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2014
I have just started reading it. But the information I have obtained just browsing it seems excellent. It is a must for all those who think they are members of a superior race or otherwise.
Quader Mahmud
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a real Kindle book
Reviewed in Italy on March 17, 2019
I will not address the contents of the book, of which I already have a paper copy somewhere in my house. However, the Kindle edition is AWFUL. The pages are simply photographic reproductions from the original book. That means one cannot change the font size, only enlarge the size of the page. The transition from a normal view to an enlarged view is slow and the characters are grainy and difficult to read. They should warn customers in advance about this feature. This is the first time I write a negative review for the Kindle application but I felt compelled to do it.
archy
4.0 out of 5 stars Phd level tome I'd say!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2015
Well priced. problems with collection as courier came at anti-social times with no-one at hand to receive (mornings are best). Eventually I collected from Eltham post Office which is pretty far but one of my haunts. Well used book with many thoughtful scribblings. Excellent scientific study.