Inferring population histories using cultural data

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1674, 2009, Pages 3835-3843

  Rogers, Deborah S ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^a   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canoe design; Cultural evolution; Founder effect; Polynesian societies; Population genetic; Stylistic traits

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC TRAIT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; TIME;

POLYNESIA;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; POLYNESIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449707764     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1088     Document Type: Article

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