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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      21 August 2009
      06 October 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511525667
      9780521530354
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525667
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.455kg, 280 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and Primatology
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    Life Sciences, Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and Primatology
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    Who were the first Americans? What is their relationship to living native peoples in the Americas? What do their remains tell us of the current concepts of racial variation, and short-term evolutionary change and adaptation. The recent discoveries in the Americas of the 9000-12000 year old skeletons such as 'Kennewick Man' in Washington State, 'Luzia' in Brazil and 'Prince of Wales Island Man' in Alaska have begun to challenge our understanding of who first entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. New archaeological and geological research is beginning to change the hypothesis of land bridge crossings and the extinction of ancient animals. The First Americans explores these questions by using racial classifications and microevolutionary techniques to better understand who colonized the Americas and how. It will be required reading for all those interested in anthropology, and the history and archaeology of the earliest Americans.

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    ' … an interesting and provocative standpoint and an enrichment of the general debate.'

    Source: Journal of Comparative Human Biology

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