Ancient Dna And The European Neolithic

Author : Alasdair Whittle,Joshua Pollard,Susan Greaney
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789259117

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Ancient DNA and the European Neolithic by Alasdair Whittle,Joshua Pollard,Susan Greaney Pdf

The current paradigm-changing ancient DNA revolution is offering unparalleled insights into central problems within archaeology relating to the movement of populations and individuals, patterns of descent, relationships and aspects of identity – at many scales and of many different kinds. The impact of recent ancient DNA results can be seen particularly clearly in studies of the European Neolithic, the subject of contributions presented in this volume. We now have new evidence for the movement and mixture of people at the start of the Neolithic, as farming spread from the east, and at its end, when the first metals as well as novel styles of pottery and burial practices arrived in the Chalcolithic. In addition, there has been a wealth of new data to inform complex questions of identities and relationships. The terms of archaeological debate for this period have been permanently altered, leaving us with many issues. This volume stems from the online day conference of the Neolithic Studies Group held in November 2021, which aimed to bring geneticists and archaeologists together in the same forum, and to enable critical but constructive inter-disciplinary debate about key themes arising from the application of advanced ancient DNA analysis to the study of the European Neolithic. The resulting papers gathered here are by both geneticists and archaeologists. Individually, they form a series of significant, up-to-date, period and regional syntheses of various manifestations of the Neolithic across the Near East and Europe, including particularly Britain and Ireland. Together, they offer wide-ranging reflections on the progress of ancient DNA studies, and on their future reach and character.

Author : Bradley E. Ensor
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789699814

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The Not Very Patrilocal European Neolithic by Bradley E. Ensor Pdf

Two decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials – reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies – has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women. This volume questions that narrative from a social anthropological perspective on kinship.

Author : Herve Seligmann,Ganesh Warthi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781789842654

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Mitochondrial DNA by Herve Seligmann,Ganesh Warthi Pdf

The very short genomes of mitochondria summarize the complexity of molecular biology and its interactions with cellular and whole organism biology. Studies of mitogenomes contribute to the understanding of molecular biology and evolution, and to health management. Despite or even due to their small sizes, mitogenomes continue to surprise us. Studies of mitogenomes reveal the details of molecular organization and its evolution under constraints for miniaturization.

Author : Alasdair Whittle,Joshua Pollard,Susan Greaney
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789259124

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Ancient DNA and the European Neolithic by Alasdair Whittle,Joshua Pollard,Susan Greaney Pdf

The current paradigm-changing ancient DNA revolution is offering unparalleled insights into central problems within archaeology relating to the movement of populations and individuals, patterns of descent, relationships and aspects of identity – at many scales and of many different kinds. The impact of recent ancient DNA results can be seen particularly clearly in studies of the European Neolithic, the subject of contributions presented in this volume. We now have new evidence for the movement and mixture of people at the start of the Neolithic, as farming spread from the east, and at its end, when the first metals as well as novel styles of pottery and burial practices arrived in the Chalcolithic. In addition, there has been a wealth of new data to inform complex questions of identities and relationships. The terms of archaeological debate for this period have been permanently altered, leaving us with many issues. This volume stems from the online day conference of the Neolithic Studies Group held in November 2021, which aimed to bring geneticists and archaeologists together in the same forum, and to enable critical but constructive inter-disciplinary debate about key themes arising from the application of advanced ancient DNA analysis to the study of the European Neolithic. The resulting papers gathered here are by both geneticists and archaeologists. Individually, they form a series of significant, up-to-date, period and regional syntheses of various manifestations of the Neolithic across the Near East and Europe, including particularly Britain and Ireland. Together, they offer wide-ranging reflections on the progress of ancient DNA studies, and on their future reach and character.

Author : Karin; Graham Bojs (Fiona)
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472941459

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My European Family by Karin; Graham Bojs (Fiona) Pdf

This book tells the story of Europe and its people through its genetic legacy, weaving in the latest archaeological findings. Karin goes deep in search of her genealogy; by having her DNA sequenced and tested and effectively becoming an experimental subject, she was able to trace the path of her ancestors back, through the Viking age, through the Bronze age to the Neolithic and beyond into prehistory, back even further to a time when Neanderthals ran the European show.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004500228

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Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity by Anonim Pdf

This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.

Author : Albert J. Ammerman,L L Cavalli-sforza
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400853113

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The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe by Albert J. Ammerman,L L Cavalli-sforza Pdf

This book explores the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture as a way of life and the implications of this neolithic transition for the genetic structure of European populations. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Oreto García-Puchol,Domingo C. Salazar-García
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319932179

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Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean by Oreto García-Puchol,Domingo C. Salazar-García Pdf

The study of the Neolithic transition constitutes a major theme in prehistoric research. The process of economic change, from foraging to farming, involved one of the main transformations in human behavior patterns. This volume focuses on investigating the neolithization process at the periphery of one of the main routes in the expansion of the Neolithic in Europe: the Western Mediterranean region. Recent advances in radiocarbon dating, mathematical and computational models, archaeometric analysis and biomolecular techniques, together with new archaeological discoveries, provide novel insights into this topic. This volume is organized into five sections: · new discoveries and new ideas about the Mediterranean Neolithic · reconstructing times and modeling processes · landscape interaction: farming and herding · dietary subsistence of early farming communities · human dispersal mechanisms and cultural transmission This volume will also provide new empirical data to help readers assess different theoretical frameworks and narratives which underlie the models proposed to explain the expansion of farming from the Middle East into Europe.

Author : Melinda A. Zeder,Daniel G. Bradley,Eve Emshwiller,Bruce D. Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520246386

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Documenting Domestication by Melinda A. Zeder,Daniel G. Bradley,Eve Emshwiller,Bruce D. Smith Pdf

"A genetic revolution has transformed the study of the domestication of plants and animals. Documenting Domestication presents the best research and resolves issues that had been intractable in the past."—Richard I. Ford, University of Michigan

Author : A. W. R. Whittle,Penny Bickle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Agriculture, Prehistoric
ISBN : 0191771961

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Early Farmers by A. W. R. Whittle,Penny Bickle Pdf

Author : T. Douglas Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521665728

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Europe's First Farmers by T. Douglas Price Pdf

Essays by leading specialists on a central issue of European history: the transition to farming.

Author : A. W. R. Whittle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0521449200

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Europe in the Neolithic by A. W. R. Whittle Pdf

Dr. Whittle reviews the latest archaeological evidence on Neolithic Europe from 7000 to 2500 BC. Describing important areas, sites and problems, he addresses the major themes that have engaged the attention of scholars: the transition from a forager lifestyle; the rate and dynamics of change; and the nature of Neolithic society. He challenges conventional views, arguing that Neolithic society was rooted in the values and practices of its forager, predecessors right across the continent. The processes of settling down and adopting farming were piecemeal and slow. Only gradually did new attitudes emerge, to time and the past, to the sacred realms of ancestors and the dead, to nature and to the concept of community. Unique in its broad and up-to-date coverage of long-term processes of change on a continental scale, this completely rewritten and revised version of Whittle's Neolithic Europe: a survey reflects radical changes in the evidence and in interpretative approaches over the past decade.

Author : Stephen Shennan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108397308

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The First Farmers of Europe by Stephen Shennan Pdf

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.

Author : David Reich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192554383

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Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich Pdf

The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeology and anthropology, helped resolve long-existing controversies, challenged long-held views, and thrown up remarkable surprises. The emerging picture is one of many waves of ancient human migrations, so that all populations living today are mixes of ancient ones, and often carry a genetic component from archaic humans. David Reich, whose team has been at the forefront of these discoveries, explains what genetics is telling us about ourselves and our complex and often surprising ancestry. Gone are old ideas of any kind of racial âpurity.' Instead, we are finding a rich variety of mixtures. Reich describes the cutting-edge findings from the past few years, and also considers the sensitivities involved in tracing ancestry, with science sometimes jostling with politics and tradition. He brings an important wider message: that we should recognize that every one of us is the result of a long history of migration and intermixing of ancient peoples, which we carry as ghosts in our DNA. What will we discover next?

Author : Colin Renfrew,Katherine V. Boyle,McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015054030872

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Archaeogenetics by Colin Renfrew,Katherine V. Boyle,McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Pdf

MtDNA.