Population Genetics and Microevolutionary Theory Explore the fundamentals of the
biological implications of population genetic theory In the newly revised Second Edition of …

Previous research suggests that people first arrived on Madagascar by~ 2500 years before
present (years BP). This hypothesis is consistent with butchery marks on extinct lemur bones …

Nearly 20 y ago, Jared Diamond and Peter Bellwood reviewed the evidence for the
associated spread of farming and large language families by the demographic expansions …

Although situated∼ 400 km from the east coast of Africa, Madagascar exhibits cultural,
linguistic, and genetic traits from both Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa. The settlement …

Abstract Background and Aims Besides bananas belonging to the AAA triploid Mutika
subgroup, which predominates in the Great Lakes countries, other AAA triploids as well as …

Background: Lineage 1 (L1) and 3 (L3) are two lineages of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex (MTBC) causing tuberculosis (TB) in humans. L1 and L3 are prevalent around the …

Abstract Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and Oceania host one of the world's richest
assemblages of human phenotypic, linguistic, and cultural diversity. Despite this, the …

The Bajo, the world's largest remaining sea nomad group, are scattered across hundreds of
recently settled communities in Island Southeast Asia, along the coasts of Indonesia …

The human disease lymphatic filariasis causes the debilitating effects of elephantiasis and
hydrocele. Lymphatic filariasis currently affects the lives of 90 million people in 52 countries …

African Islands provides the first geographically and chronologically comprehensive
overview of the archaeology of African islands. This book draws archaeologically informed …