A Guide to the World's Languages: Volume I, Classification
 Ruhlen starts well, but goes downhill This book has many virtues, or at least its first few chapters do. There is probably no other book which presents such a clear and detailed history of the attempts at classifying languages into families, both the ... [... more]
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Genes, Peoples, and Languages
Cavalli-Sforza was among the first to ask whether the genes of modern populations contain a historical record of the human species. In answering to the affirmative, this title comprises five lectures that serve as a summation of the author's work in ... [... more]
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A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. ...
Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, Cavalli-Sforza developed groundbreaking techniques to trace the evolution of Homo sapiens and the origins of human differentiation, in addition to his earlier work in bacterial genetics. He is also ... [... more]
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Why Humans Cooperate: A Cultural and Evolutionary ...
Creative Synergy between Theory and Ethnography Charles Darwin is the true father of sociobiology, having written two books applying evolutionary theory to human behavior---The Descent of Man (1971) and The Expression of Emotions in Animals and Man (1872) ... [... more]
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A Century in Books: Princeton University Press 1905-2005
It all began atop a drugstore in Princeton, New Jersey, in November 1905. From its modest beginnings, Princeton University Press was to become one of the world's most important scholarly publishers, embracing a wealth of disciplines that have enriched ... [... more]
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The Great Human Diasporas: The History Of Diversity And ...
The title The Great Human Diasporas implies that this book is a history of human migration, but it is much more. It is a readable, accessible summary of the lifework of Luca Cavalli-Sforza, who has done more than anyone else to reveal the genetic makeup ... [... more]
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Around 60,000 years ago, a man--identical to us in all important respects--lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at ... [... more]
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Genes, Peoples, and Languages
Jared Diamond says, "It would be a slight exaggeration to say that L.L. Cavalli-Sforza studies everything about everybody, because actually he is 'only' interested in what genes, languages, archaeology, and culture can teach us about the history and ... [... more]
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A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. ...
Regarded by many as one of the most important scientists of our time, L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza has changed the way we understand human genetics and culture. Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, Cavalli-Sforza has made groundbreaking ... [... more]
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Genes, Peoples and Languages
Jared Diamond says, "It would be a slight exaggeration to say that L.L. Cavalli-Sforza studies everything about everybody, because actually he is 'only' interested in what genes, languages, archaeology, and culture can teach us about the history and ... [... more]
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Spencer Wells traces human evolution back to our very first ancestor in The Journey of Man. Along the way, he sums up the explosive effect of new techniques in genetics on the field of evolutionary biology and all available evidence from the fossil ... [... more]
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The History and Geography of Human Genes
L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza and his collaborators Paolo Menozzi and Alberto Piazza have devoted fourteen years to one of the most compelling scientific projects of our time: the reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they ... [... more]
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