Genes, Peoples, and Languages [antikvár]

PrefaceThis hook surveys the research on human evolution from the many different fields of study that contribute to our knowledge. It is a history of the last hundred thousand years, relying on archeology, genetics, and linguistics. Happily, these three disciplines are now generating many new data and insights. All of them can be expected to converge toward a common story, and behind them must lie a single history. Singly, each approach has many lacunae, but hopefully their synthesis can help to fill the gaps. Other sciencescultural anthropology, demography, economy, ecology, sociolo^are joining in the effort, and are justly becoming pillars of interpretation.It would be impossible to communicate the conclusions about human history and the causes of human evolution if one had to rely on the jargons of such diverse disciplines. Scientific terminology insures precision and increases the speed of communication among specialists, but it creates a barrier between them and the general public. I have tried to restrict my use of jargon to a minimum, and I have also attempted to explain terms and methods unknown to theVII