The First Farmers of Europe: An Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge World Archaeology )
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- Synopsis
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Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes.
In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion from present-day Turkey. Using ideas from the disciplines of human behavioural ecology and cultural evolution, he explains how this process took place. The expansion was not the result of 'population pressure' but of the opportunities for increased fertility by colonising new regions that farming offered. The knowledge and resources for the farming 'niche' were passed on from parents to their children. However, Shennan demonstrates that the demographic patterns associated with the spread of farming resulted in population booms and busts, not continuous expansion.
The first book to synthesise new ancient DNA results revolutionising our understanding of the spread of farming.
Provides a coherent account of the processes involved in the spread of farming.
The account is framed in terms of new ideas from the fields of human behavioural ecology and cultural evolution.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108395267
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781108422925, 9781108422925
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/15/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen Shennan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Technology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.