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1	The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Offering a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics, a momentous scientific discovery reveals how all humans are descended from seven prehistoric women. see all copies from $2.91! new only from $7.80! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey more books like this by Spencer Wells add to wishlist Around 60,000 years ago, a man - identical to us in all important respects - lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $8.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity more books like this by Gary Paul Nabhan add to wishlist In "Why Some Like It Hot," award-winning natural historian Gary Paul Nabhan offers a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way readers understand human health and cultural diversity. 1-55963-466-9$24.00 / Island Press see all copies from $2.45! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Human Biological Variation more books like this by James H Mielke, Lyle W Konigsberg, John H Relethford add to wishlist The text explores human biological variation in its broadest sense from the molecular to the physiological and morphological. The main emphasis is on the microevolutionary analysis of genetic variation among recent human populations. The book is designed for an upper-level undergraduate class, but it would also work well as supplemental or ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $43.64! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins more books like this by Steve Olson add to wishlist A finalist for the National Book Award, this work follows 150,000 years of human history, tracing the origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. Maps throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| SVS
6	Seven Daughters of Eve more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist In 1994, Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in Northern Italy. The frozen man was put at over five thousand years old, and Professor Sykes managed to track down a genetic descendant of the Ice Man, a woman living in Britain today. In ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $11.19!
7	Blood of the Isles: Exploring the Genetic Roots of Our Tribal History more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today. In 54BC, Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where ... see all copies from $7.68! new only from $12.60!
8	A Primer of Population Genetics more books like this by Daniel L. Hartl add to wishlist The use of molecular methods to study genetic polymorphisms has made a familiarity with population genetics essential for any biologist whose work is at the population level. "A primer of Population Genetics", third edition, provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to population genetics. The four chapters of the book address genetic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.01!
9	Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History more books like this by Jonathan Marks add to wishlist Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomies - with a stereotypical humanist answering in the affirmative and a stereotypical scientist answering in the negative. The study of human biology is different from the study of the biology of other species ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $31.50! \| SVS
10	Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes more books like this by Steve Olson add to wishlist Olson seeks to break the race barrier by examining the genetic and archeological discoveries of the 20th century. Notably, the author claims that racial differences based on 'biology' are a misconception, that all peoples share a common genetic heritage, and that the grand diversity of life is a byproduct of environmental selection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| first editions
11 view cover	Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis more books like this by Linda Stone, Professor Paul F Lurquin, L Luca Cavalli-Sforza (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis" is a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. It is written by two geneticists - including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project - and a socio-cultural anthropologist. The book is based on ... see all copies from $32.00! new only from $42.74! \| SVS
12 view cover	Race to the Finish: Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics more books like this by Jenny Reardon add to wishlist In the summer of 1991, population geneticists and evolutionary biologists proposed to archive human genetic diversity by collecting the genomes of "isolated indigenous populations." Their initiative, which became known as the Human Genome Diversity Project, generated early enthusiasm from those who believed it would enable huge advances in our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.12! \| first editions
13 view cover	The History and Geography of Human Genes: Abridged Paperback Edition more books like this by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Alberto Piazza, Paolo Menozzi add to wishlist Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily ... see all copies from $20.45! new only from $57.33! \| SVS
14 view cover	Jewish Genetic Disorders: A Laymans Guide more books like this by Ernest L Abel add to wishlist This guide to genetic disorders that tend to affect the Jewish population more than the non - Jewish begins with a short history of the Jews and basic facts concerning genetics and genetic disorders. The in-depth information that follows is categorized under blood, cancers, central nervous system, connective tissue, gastrointestinal, metabolic or ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $46.59! \| SVS
15 view cover	Kinship and Beyond: The Genealogical Model Reconsidered. Edited by Sandra Bamford and James Leach more books like this by Sandra C Bamford add to wishlist see all copies from $24.94! new only from $96.63! \| first editions
16 view cover	Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science Beyond the Two-Culture Divide more books like this by Alan H Goodman (Editor), Deborah Heath (Editor), Professor M Susan Lindee (Editor) add to wishlist The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious than in the realm of genetics. A constructive response, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct a dialogue that bridges the science/culture divide. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $33.54! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Surnames and Genetic Structure more books like this by Gabriel Ward Lasker add to wishlist Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the ... see all copies from $30.33! new only from $31.17! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution more books like this by Alan Fix, C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor), R A Foley (Editor) add to wishlist Migration and colonization are major forces affecting the frequency, spatial pattern and spread of genes in human populations. Here, Alan Fix reviews theories of migration developed by biologists and social scientists and surveys patterns of migration in a diverse sample of human populations. Using these empirical studies, he evaluates models of ... see all copies from $28.71! new only from $35.08! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Genetic Variation and Its Maintenance more books like this by Derek F Roberts (Editor), G F De Stefano (Editor) add to wishlist This volume considers the genetic variability of human populations, particularly in the tropics: its origins and maintenance, and its contribution to the phenotypic variability of complex characters. The first section deals with the ways of analysing genetic variation and provides a valuable review of relevant developments in molecular biology. ... see all copies from $5.49! new only from $47.37! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Evolution and Genetics of Latin American Populations more books like this by Francisco M Salzano, Maria C Bortolini, C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor) add to wishlist The human genetic make-up of Latin America is a reflection of successive waves of colonization and immigration. To date there have been few works dealing with the biology of human populations at a continental scale, and while much information is available on the genetics of Latin American populations, most data remain scattered throughout the ... see all copies from $56.26! new only from $79.91! \| SVS
21 view cover	Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications more books like this by Michael H Crawford, M.D. (Editor) add to wishlist Anthropological genetics is a field that has been in existence since the 1960s and has been growing within medical schools and academic departments, such as anthropology and human biology, ever since. With the recent developments in DNA and computer technologies, the field of anthropological genetics has been redefined. This volume deals with the ... see all copies from $44.88! new only from $44.88! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Convergent Issues in Genetics and Demography more books like this by Julian Adams (Editor), David A Lam (Editor), Professor Albert I Hermalin (Editor) add to wishlist This volume provides coverage of genetics and demography, fields that are closely related, but relatively rarely combined. Now especially, they have many topics and approaches in common: the use of historical materials, a basic concern with heterogeneity, new models of vital rates with behavioural and biological components, theories for the ... see all copies from $12.63! new only from $19.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	Consanguinity, Inbreeding, and Genetic Drift in Italy (Mpb-39) more books like this by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Antonio Moroni, Gianna Zei add to wishlist In 1951, the geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza was teaching in Parma when a student - a priest named Antonio Moroni - told him about rich church records of demography and marriages between relatives. After convincing the Church to open its records, Cavalli-Sforza, Moroni, and Gianna Zei embarked on a landmark study that would last fifty years ... see all copies from $15.99! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity more books like this by William H Durham (Preface by) add to wishlist Charles Darwin's "On the Origins of Species" had two principal goals: to show that species had not been separately created and to show that natural selection had been the main force behind their proliferation and descent from common ancestors. In "Coevolution," the author proposes a powerful new theory of cultural evolution--that is, of the ... see all copies from $26.99! new only from $42.95!
25 view cover	Biological Aspects of Human Migration more books like this by C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor), Gabriel W Lasker (Editor) add to wishlist In past years considerable interest has been focused on migration as an important cause of change in the genetic and demographic structure of human populations. This book synthesises the biological consequences of changes environments on the migrants and the genetic impact of immigration on the host populations. Patterns of migration, past and ... see all copies from $31.56! new only from $31.56! \| first editions \| SVS

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