Human Migrations

What do patterns of observed health outcomes or even patterns of human migration suggest for sources of genetic diversity ... 

Dupras, T.L. and Schwarcz, H.P. (2001). Strangers in a strange land stable isotope evidence for human migration in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Science 28 1199-1208. 

DNA analysis has also been useful in tracing human migration.337 3386 For example, a genetic marker in the Y chromosome is carried by 85% of native Americans, suggesting that they are all descended from a man who lived -20,000 years ago, probably an immigrant from Siberia 339 Contrary to usual assumptions women, more often than men, seem to have spread their DNA to new locations in the world.327b Studies of cattle and of the wild ox reveal information about domestification of these animals about 10,000 years ago in Europe, Asia, and Africa.340... 

T. Douglas Price, R. Alexander Bentley, J. Luning, D. Gronenborn, J. Wahl, Prehistoric human migration in the Linearbandkeramik of Central Europe, Antiquity 75 (289) (2001) 593-603. 

Falush D, Wirth T, Linz B et al (2003) Traces of human migrations in Helicobacter pylori populations. Science 299 1582-1585... 

Research in the laboratory usually involves the study of the composition and source of different kinds of materials to answer archaeological questions about past human behavior. The lab methods involve the trace element and isotopic analyses of bones, stone, ceramics, and sediments and have expanded to include organic residues, lithics, pigments, and other materials. Research questions include past diet, human migration, raw material sources, interaction and trade, and the identification of activity areas on prehistoric sites. 

Hodell, David A., Rhonda L. Quinn, Mark Brenner, and George Kamenov. 2004. Spatial variation of strontium isotopes ( Sr/ Sr) in the Maya region a tool for tracking ancient human migration. Journal of Archaeological Science 31 585-601. 

Park, Robert. 1928. Human Migration and the Marginal hAoea.A American Journal of Sociology 33, no. 6 881-93. 

Jin, Li and P Underhill, V Doctor, R W Davis, P Shen, L Cavalli-Sforza and P Oefiier Distribution of haplotypes from a chromosome 21 region distinguishes multiple prehistoric human migrations Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 96, Issue 7, 3796-3800, March 30,1999 Johnson, Buffie Lady of the Beasts the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals Inner Traditions International, Rochester, VT, 1994 Johnson, W. Raymond Images of Amenhotep HI in Thebes Styles and Intentions in The Art of Amenhotep III Art Historical Analysis Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Art, Indiana University Press, 1988... 

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