About this title: Who were the first Americans? What is their relationship to living native peoples in the Americas? What do their remains tell us of the current concepts of racial variation, and short-term evolutionary change and adaptation. The recent discoveries in the Americas of the 9000-12000 year old skeletons such as 'Kennewick Man' in Washington State, 'Luzia' in Brazil and 'Prince of Wales Island Man' in Alaska have begun to challenge our understanding of who first entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. New archaeological and geological research is beginning to change the hypothesis of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.02 by.59 inches. (276 pages) challenges traditional ideas of who the first americans were and what their relationsh1p with living native american indians is. who were the first americans? what's their relationsh1p to native peoples in today's americas? the first americans uses racial classification and population ge*n*e*t*ics to show how different methods and assumptions produce very different interpretations of the same skeletal data. recommended for anthropologists ... read more
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
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ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
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Description: New. Who were the first Americans? What'Äôs their relationship to native peoples in today'Äôs Americas? The First Americans uses racial classification and population genetics to show how different methods and assumptions produce very different interpretations of the same skeletal data. Recommended for anthropologists interested in the history of the earliest Americans. read more
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
Description: The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazi... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazil's 'Luzia', and Alaska's 'Prince of Wales Island Man' have challenged the archaeological and ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
Description: The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazil's 'Luzia', and Alaska's 'Prince of Wales Island Man' have challenged the archaeological and geological status quo. The First Americans explores these new discoveries by using racial classifications and micro-evolutionary techniques to better ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
Description: PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazil's 'Luzia', and Alaska's 'Prince of Wales Island Man' have challenged the archaeological and geological status quo. ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521530354ISBN:0521530350
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