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Abstract

This volume on human migration has a biocultural and environmental emphasis. The chapters are arranged into five topical sections, including a theoretical overview of migration from recent African origins to Asia, Siberia, and the Americas; reconstruction of migration patterns based on ancient DNA; variation in regional movements of peoples from Africa, Siberia, the Americas, and the Caribbean; insights into patterns of migration as revealed by sociocultural observations and the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches in North Africa and Central and South America; and the spread of disease accompanying migrations. The diseases discussed are tuberculosis in Euro-Asia and arboviral infections at the United States–Mexican border....