Beschreibung:
A unique, interdisciplinary and up-to-date treatment exploring human migration and its role in creating novel ecosystems over the long term.
Introduction: 1. Human and human-mediated species dispersals through time: introduction and overview Nicole Boivin; Part I. Origins: Species Movements in the Pleistocene: 2. Carnivore guilds and the impact of hominin dispersals Margaret E. Lewis; 3. Pleistocene hominin dispersals, naïve faunas and social networks Robin Dennell; 4. Hominins on the move: an assessment of anthropogenic shaping of environments in the Palaeolithic Michael D. Petraglia; 5. Reconceptualising the palaeozoogeography of the Sahara and the dispersal of early modern humans Nick A. Drake and Roger Blench; Part II. Across the Water: Species Movements by Coast and Sea: 6. Coastlines, marine ecology, and maritime dispersals in human history Jon Erlandson; 7. Breaking down barriers: pre/historic dispersals across island Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia Tim Denham; 8. The last great migration: human colonisation of the remote Pacific Islands Terry Hunt and Carl P. Lipo; Part III. Complexity: Species Movements in the Holocene: 9. Dispersals, connectivity and indigeneity in Arabian prehistory Rémy Crassard and Lamya Khalidi; 10. Reconstructing migration trajectories using ancient DNA Greger Larson; 11. Out of the Fertile Crescent: the dispersal of domestic livestock through Europe and Africa Melinda A. Zeder; 12. Adapting crops, landscapes, and food choices: patterns in the dispersal of domesticated plants across Eurasia Dorian Fuller and Leilani Lucas; 13. Tracing the initial diffusion of maize in North America Bruce D. Smith; 14. Proto-globalisation and biotic exchange in the Old World Nicole Boivin; Part IV. Invasion: The Movement of Invasive and Disease Species: 15. Invasive eusocieties: commonalities between ants and humans Patrizia d'Ettorre; 16. Species dispersions in time, space, and mind: the invasive aliens in context Marcus Hall; 17. Disease dispersals in human history at multiple time scales Mark Achtman; 18. Early malarial infections and the first epidemiological transition James L. A. Webb, Jr; 19. The globalisations of disease Monica Green; 20. Modern day population, pathogen and pest dispersals Andrew J. Tatem.