Population Structure and Human Variation

Population Structure and Human Variation
Author: G. A. Harrison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1977-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521213998
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This volume is a collection of eleven studies conducted during the International Biological Programme on the biological structure of human populations.

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations
Author: F. A. Milan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1980-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521222136
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This study elucidates the biological and behavioural processes leading to the successful adaptation of circumpolar human populations.

The Greenland Norse

The Greenland Norse
Author: NIELS. LYNNERUP
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN: 9788763512459
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The Arctic

The Arctic
Author: Jack D. Ives
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2019-09-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1000699005
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Originally published in 2000, The Arctic provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions, and demonstrates the importance of communication between natural scientists, social scientists, and local stakeholders in response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic. It is an essential resource for all Arctic researchers, particularly those developing multidisciplinary projects. It provides an overview of key areas of Arctic research by renowned specialists in the field, and each chapter forms a detailed, varied and accessible account of current knowledge. Each author introduces the subject to a specialist readership, while retaining intellectual integrity and relevance for specialists. Overall, the richness of the material presented in this volume reflects the ecological and cultural diversity of this vast and environmentally critical part of the globe.

Arctic

Arctic
Author: Mark Nuttall
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2000-12-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789058230874
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By demonstrating the importance of communication among social scientists, scientists in the natural sciences and stakeholders living in the Arctic, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions. In response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic it is an essential resource for all Arctic researchers and those developing multidisciplinary projects. Representing a state-of-the-art overview of key areas of Arctic research by renowned specialists in the field, each chapter forms a detailed, varied and accessible account of current knowledge. Each author introduces the subject to a non-specialist readership, while retaining intellectual integrity and relevance for specialists. Overall, the richness of the material presented in this volume reflects the ecological and cultural diversity of this vast and environmentally critical part of the globe.

Colonialism in Greenland

Colonialism in Greenland
Author: Søren Rud
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319461583
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This book explores how the Danish authorities governed the colonized population in Greenland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Two competing narratives of colonialism dominate in Greenland as well as Denmark. One narrative portrays the Danish colonial project as ruthless and brutal extraction of a vulnerable indigenousness people; the other narrative emphasizes almost exclusively the benevolent aspects of Danish rule in Greenland. Rather than siding with one of these narratives, this book investigates actual practices of colonial governance in Greenland with an outlook to the extensive international scholarship on colonialism and post-colonialism. The chapters address the intimate connections between the establishment of an ethnographic discourse and the colonial techniques of governance in Greenland. Thereby the book provides important nuances to the understanding of the historical relationship between Denmark and Greenland and links this historical trajectory to the present negotiations of Greenlandic identity.

Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA
Author: Bernd Herrmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461243181
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Ancient DNA refers to DNA which can be recovered and analyzed from clinical, museum, archaeological and paleontological specimens. Ancient DNA ranges in age from less than 100 years to tens of millions of years. The study of ancient DNA is a young field, but it has been revolutionized by the application of polymerase chain reaction technology, and interest is growing very rapidly. Fields as diverse as evolution, anthropology, medicine, agriculture, and even law enforcement have quickly found applications in the recovery of ancient DNA. This book contains contributions from many of the "first generation" researchers who pioneered the development and application of ancient DNA methods. Their chapters present the protocols and precautions which have resulted in the remarkable results obtained in recent years. The range of subjects reflects the wide diversity of applications that are emerging in research on ancient DNA, including the study of DNA to analyze kinship, recovery of DNA from organisms trapped in amber, ancient DNA from human remains preserved in a variety of locations and conditions, DNA recovered from herbarium and museum specimens, and DNA isolated from ancient plant seeds or compression fossils. Ancient DNA will serve as a valuable source of information, ideas, and protocols for anyone interested in this extraordinary field.