Origin And Past Of Modern Humans As Viewed From Dna, The: Proceedings Of The Workshop On The Origin And Past Of Homo Sapiens Sapiens As Viewed From Dna - Theoretical Approach
This volume examines the origins, micro-evolution, diversification and adaptation of modern humans. It is based upon discrepancies between fossil evidence and molecular findings and between different investigators within each. This has given rise to much controversy that is not yet solved. The papers are presented in four methodological categories: theoretical, molecular, morphological and linguistic.
Diregional model of human evolution, H. Baba; time scale for the human mitochondrial DNA tree, M. Hasegawa; origin of homo sapiens inferred from the age of the common ancestral mitochondrial DNA, S. Horai; levels of DNA polymorphism observed in extant hominoids and inferred in extinct hominoids, K. Kidd; genetic polymorphism and the origin and evolution of major ethnic groups, M. Nei; genetic diversity and the origin of the "Mongoloids", K. Omoto; human genetic diversity in Europe, A. Piazza; language families as evidence for human dispersals, C. Renfrew; palaeontological evidences against the constant rate of molecular substitution, T. Setoguchi; mitochondrial DNA and recent human evolution, M. Stoneking; has the human genome been deteriorating since the emergence of homo habilis?, N. Takahata; Africa-derived skulls and Africa-derived mitochondrial DNA - towards a reconciliation, P. Tobias; shifting continuity, C. Turner; mitochondrial DNA variation in human evolution and disease, D. Wallace; continuity of human evolution in East Asia as viewed from fossil evidence, X.-Z. Wu.