Schurr, Theodore G.

The peopling of the Americas new insights from genetic studies / [electronic resource] : Theodore G. Schurr. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (63 min.) : color, sound). - Human population genetics I : evolution and variation, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Human population genetics I : evolution and variation. .

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Contents: Anthropological background -- Clovis first model -- Pleistocene overkill hypothesis -- Megafauna extinction models -- Cactus Hill -- Topper site -- Monte Verde -- New coastal routes into the New World -- Was Clovis first? -- Two different founding populations colonized the Americas -- Linguistic evidence -- Genetic background -- mtDNA lineages in native Americans -- mtDNA haplogroup frequencies in Siberia and the Americas -- Population history of Amerindian haplogroups -- Haplogroup X in North and Central America -- Prehistoric European migration to North America -- History and diversification of circumarctic peoples -- Ancient vs. modern population diversity -- Colonization of the Caribbean -- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in the Americas -- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in native Siberians -- Y chromosome SNP haplotype network -- Migration models based on Y chromosome data.

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