The First Americans: Race, Evolution and the Origin of Native Americans

The First Americans: Race, Evolution and the Origin of Native Americans
ISBN-10
0521530350
ISBN-13
9780521530354
Series
The First Americans
Category
Social Science
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
2005-10-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Joseph F. Powell

Description

The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazil's 'Luzia', and Alaska's 'Prince of Wales Island Man' have challenged the archaeological and geological status quo. The First Americans explores these new discoveries by using racial classifications and micro-evolutionary techniques to better understand the complex relationships between the first Americans and living Native Indian groups.

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