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Springer The First Immigrants From Asia A Population History Of The North American Indians 1992 Edition by A.J. Jaffe
In this wide-ranging work Jaffe traces the evolution of the Amerindians from their migration from Asia 10 to 15 thousand years ago or more to the present day and discusses anthropological demographic and sociological changes in Amerindians throughout the course of time. Annotation copyright Book Table of contents : Some Observations. The First Arrivals: Origins and Entry into the New World. Growth and Dispersion in the New World. Length of Life-Short and Not so Merry. Glimpses of Ancestral Family Life. Following the Food Trail or What's for Dinner? What Columbus Had Wrought: How Many? From Exile to Convergence. The Vital Numbers. The Mixing of the Genes. Schooling and the Hubris of the Settlers. What is Your Occupation? Summary and Reflections. Technical Appendices. Index.