Human Biology, August 1st, 2001
Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution, by Alan G. Fix. Cambridge Series in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 24. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 236 pp. Migration is one of the main forces shaping the genetic diversity of human populations. Thus, understanding the causes, patterns, and effects of migrations is fundamental for interpreting the evolutionary history of our species. However, when trying to explain the spatial distribution of gene frequencies in human populations, disentangling the effects of history versus geography remains a difficult challeng...
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