The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe

The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe

Author: Albert J. Ammerman

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1400853117

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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.


European Populations

European Populations

Author: Van der Kaa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 940109022X

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The changing demographic landscape which Europe is facing today and in the next decades reflects the past. These changes constitute important challenges to European populations and societies. Shifts in fertility and family formation, in health, morbidity and mortality, in internal and international migration as well as changes in age structures, in households, in labour forces, and in population growth and decline, will influence the living conditions and well-being of Europe's population directly or indirectly. The demographic challenge also concerns the environment, local, regional and national developments, education, production and consumption patterns, economic competitiveness, social security, housing, employment and transport, and health and social care provisions. These issues, their mechanisms, determinants and consequences also challenge the scientific study of population. As a major forum and 'market place' for scientific demographic debate, the 1999 European Population Conference (EPC99) was organized to take up this challenge. On the threshold of the third millennium, European populations are united in diversity and face major demographic issues.


Genetic Structure in European Populations of the Earthworm Lumbricus Terrestris

Genetic Structure in European Populations of the Earthworm Lumbricus Terrestris

Author: Klaus Richter

Publisher: kassel university press GmbH

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 3899588738

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Front Cover -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem engineers -- 1.2 Biology of Lumbricus terrestris -- 1.3 Biogeography of Lumbricus terrestris -- 1.4 AFLPs -- 1.5 Objectives -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Sampling locations and geographic data -- 2.2 Sampling of Lumbricus terrestris -- 2.3 Isolation of DNA -- 2.4 AFLP -- 2.4.1 Production of AFLP fingerprints -- 2.4.2 Scoring of AFLP fingerprints -- 2.4.3 Analysis of AFLP data -- 3 Results -- 3.1 General AFLP results -- 3.2 Genetic Diversity -- 3.3 Genetic differentiation -- 3.3.1 Comparison between interindividual distances within and between sampling locations -- 3.3.2 Comparison between genetic and geographic distances - Mantel test -- 3.3.3 Comparison between genetic and geographic distances- Distograms -- 3.3.4 Pairwise distances between sampling locations -- 3.3.5 Genetic boundaries -- 3.3.6 Quantification of overall differantiation -- 3.3.7 Arrangements of regions tested with AMOVA -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 AFLP in Lumbricus terrestris -- 4.2 Genetic diversity -- 4.3 Genetic differentiation -- 4.4 Postglacial recolonization of Europe by Lumbricus terrestris -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Summary -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- Zusammenfassung -- Back cover.


European Others

European Others

Author: Fatima El-Tayeb

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published:

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1452932921

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Considers the complications of race, religion, sexuality, and gender in Europeanizing from below


The Central and East European Population since 1850

The Central and East European Population since 1850

Author: F. Rothenbacher

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 1523

ISBN-13: 1137273909

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This is the third volume of three on demographics. All major fields of demographic change are covered. Population figures are given for each population census by sex, civil status and age. Major demographic developments within the family are described providing a commentary on the main population structures and trends.


Across Atlantic Ice

Across Atlantic Ice

Author: Dennis J. Stanford

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0520275780

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"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.


West European Population Change

West European Population Change

Author: Allan Findlay

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-02

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1000935418

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The 1970s was a decade of significant population change in Western Europe. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the major trends: fertility decline, counter-urbanisation and the cessation of international labour migration from outside the former EEC. It was the first volume to compare the results of the 1980-82 European census round, and emphasizes the spatial dimension of recent population trends. For countries such as the former West Germany where no census was taken, the difficulties of using registration data are examined. One of the major strengths of the volume is the set of standardised topics which are reviewed by the authors in each country allowing international comparisons to be made from the country case studies. The book concludes with an overview of future trends in European population towards the year 2000.