European University Institute Library

Human dispersal and species movement, from prehistory to the present, edited by Nicole Boivin, Rémy Crassard & Michael Petraglia

Type
Label
Human dispersal and species movement, from prehistory to the present, edited by Nicole Boivin, Rémy Crassard & Michael Petraglia
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Human dispersal and species movement
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
994751444
Responsibility statement
edited by Nicole Boivin, Rémy Crassard & Michael Petraglia
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Sub title
from prehistory to the present
Summary
How have humans colonised the entire planet and reshaped its ecosystems in the process? This unique and groundbreaking collection of essays explores human movement through time, the impacts of these movements on landscapes and other species, and the ways in which species have co-evolved and transformed each other as a result. Exploring the spread of people, plants, animals, and diseases through processes of migration, colonisation, trade and travel, it assembles a broad array of case studies from the Pliocene to the present. The contributors from disciplines across the humanities and natural sciences are senior or established scholars in the fields of human evolution, archaeology, history, and geography.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Human and human-mediated species dispersals through time : introduction and overview / Nicole Boivin -- Carnivore guilds and the impact of hominin dispersals / Margaret E. Lewis -- Pleistocene hominin dispersals, naive faunas and social networks / Robin Dennell -- Hominins on the move : an assessment of anthropogenic shaping of environments in the palaeolithic / Michael D. Petraglia -- Reconceptualising the palaeozoogeography of the sahara and the dispersal of early -- Modern humans / Nick A. Drake & Roger Blench -- Coastlines, marine ecology, and maritime dispersals in human history / Jon Erlandson -- Breaking down barriers : pre/historic dispersals across island Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia / Tim Denham -- The last great migration : human colonisation of the remote Pacific islands / Terry Hunt and Carl P. Lipo -- Dispersals, connectivity and indigeneity in Arabian prehistory / Remy Crassard & Lamya Khalidi -- Reconstructing migration trajectories using ancient DNA / Greger Larson -- Out of the Fertile Crescent : the dispersal of domestic livestock through Europe and Africa / Melinda A. Zeder -- Adapting crops, landscapes, and food choices : patterns in the dispersal of -- Domesticated plants across Eurasia / Dorian Fuller and Leilani Lucas -- Tracing the initial diffusion of maize in North America / Bruce D. Smith -- Proto-globalisation and biotic exchange in the Old World / Nicole Boivin -- Invasive eusocieties : commonalities between ants and humans / Patrizia d'Ettorre -- Species dispersions in time, space, and mind : the invasive aliens in context / Marcus Hall -- Disease dispersals in human history at multiple time scales / Mark Achtman -- Early malarial infections and the first epidemiological transition / James L.A. Webb, Jr -- The globalisations of disease / Monica Green -- Modern day population, pathogen and pest dispersals / Andrew J. Tatem
Contributor
Subject
Content
Editor
Mapped to

Incoming Resources

Outgoing Resources