The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Petraglia, Michael D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rose, Jeffrey I. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Biochemistry.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

The contemporary deserts of Arabia form some of the most dramatic arid landscapes in the world; yet, during many times in the past, the region was well-watered, containing evidence for rivers and lakes. Climatic fluctuations through time must have had a profound effect on human population that lived...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Quaternary Environments and Demographic Response
• Tracking the Origin and Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia
• The Red Sea, Coastal Landscapes, and Hominin Dispersals
• Pleistocene Climate Change in Arabia: Developing a Framework for Hominin Dispersal over the Last 350 ka
• Environment and Long-Term Population Trends in Southwest Arabia
• Genetics and Migration
• Mitochondrial DNA Structure of Yemeni Population: Regional Differences and the Implications for Different Migratory Contributions
• The Arabian peninsula: Gate for Human Migrations Out of Africa or Cul-de-Sac? A Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeographic Perspective
• Bayesian Coalescent Inference from Mitochondrial DNA Variation of the Colonization Time of Arabia by the Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas hamadryas)
• Pleistocene Archaeology
• Acheulean Landscapes and Large Cutting Tools Assemblages in the Arabian peninsula
• A Middle Paleolithic Assemblage from Jebel Barakah, Coastal Abu Dhabi Emirate
• Paleolithic Stone Tool Assemblages from Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates
• The Central Oman Paleolithic Survey: Recent Research in Southern Arabia and Reflection on the Prehistoric Evidence
• The Middle Paleolithic of Arabia: The View from the Hadramawt Region, Yemen
• The “Upper Paleolithic” of South Arabia
• The Late Pleistocene of Arabia in Relation to the Levant
• The Early Holocene
• Holocene (Re-)Occupation of Eastern Arabia
• Early Holocene in the Highlands: Data on the Peopling of the Eastern Yemen Plateau, with a Note on the Pleistocene Evidence
• Southern Arabia’s Early Pastoral Population History: Some Recent Evidence
• Archaeological, Linguistic and Historical Sources on Ancient Seafaring: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Early Maritime Contact and Exchange in the Arabian Peninsula
• Holocene Obsidian Exchange in the Red Sea Region
• Synthesis and Discussion
• The Paleolithic of Arabia in an Inter-regional Context.