The History and Geography of Human Genes: Abridged Paperback Edition

by Paolo Menozzi, Alberto Piazza, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Book Overview

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 aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations and devised a clock by which to date evolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691029059
• ISBN13: 9780691029054
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.9" x 8.4"