The Colonization of the Pacific: A Genetic Trail

by Adrian V. Hill

Advances in human genetics have greatly increased our knowledge of the origin, immigration routes, and affinities of Pacific Islanders, a people whose history has until now been the subject of speculation and controversy. This book provides recent findings in this area, stressing applications of recombinant DNA technology that have revealed many informative new genetic markers, as well as archaeological and linguistic evidence. The only book of its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198576951
• ISBN13: 9780198576952
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"