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Description

1. xv, 308 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Who are the Native Americans? When and how did they colonize the New World? What proportion of the biological variation in contemporary Native American populations was "Made in America" and what was brought from Siberia? This book is a unique synthesis of the genetic, archaeological and demographic evidence concerning the Native peoples of the Americas, using case studies from contemporary Native American and Siberian Indigenous groups to unravel the mysteries. It culminates in an examination of the devastating collision between European and Native American cultures following Contact, and the legacy of increased incidence of chronic diseases that still accompanies the acculturation of Native peoples today. This compelling account will be required reading for all those interested in the anthropology of Native Americans, past, present and future."--Jacket.

Uniform title

1. Antropología biológica de los indios americanos. English

Alternative title

1. Antropología biológica de los indios americanos.

Subject

1. Crawford, Michael H., 1939-
2. Indians > Anthropometry
3. Indians > Population
4. Indians > Origin
5. Human population genetics > America
6. Indians of North America
7. Physical anthropology
8. Anthropometry
9. Population genetics
10. Indians, North American
11. Anthropology, Physical
12. Anthropometry
13. Genetics, Population
14. Indians, Central American
15. Indians, South American
16. physical anthropology
17. anthropometry
18. 15.85 history of America
19. Population genetics
20. Physical anthropology
21. Indians of North America
22. Human population genetics
23. Indians > Anthropometry
24. Indians > Origin
25. Indians > Population
26. Humanbiologie
27. Bevölkerungsentwicklung
28. Indianen
29. Oorsprong
30. Indiens > Anthropométrie
31. Anthropologie physique
32. Indiens > Origines
33. Génétique des populations > Amérique
34. America
35. Americas
36. America
37. Indianer

Contents

1. 1. Origins of New World populations -- 2. Population size and the effects of European contact -- 3. Demography of Amerindian populations -- 4. Genetic variation in contemporary populations of the Americas -- 5. Population structure of Native Americans -- 6. Morphological variation -- 7. The survivors.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Rev. ed. of: Antropología biológica de los indios americanos. 1992.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-296) and indexes.