Evolutionary thinking and the dispersal of Homo sapiens across the New World: genes, skulls, languages and stones

GONZÁLEZ-JOSÉ, ROLANDO

Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Workshop; Evolutionary thinking and the dispersal of Homo sapiens across the New World: genes, skulls, languages and stones; 2009

Conferencia Plenaria .O {font-size:149%;} <!--.sld {left:0px !important; width:6.0in !important; height:4.5in !important; font-size:103% !important;} --> •As many other dispersal processes, the human occupation of the Americas is a matter of Evolutionary Theory. • •Two remarks: –Difficulty: cultural evolution, not addressed by the Darwinian thoughts, is also part of the process. – –Ecological/physical conditions mainly dominate or trigger the evolutionary process. .O {font-size:149%;} <!--.sld {left:0px !important; width:6.0in !important; height:4.5in !important; font-size:103% !important;} --> ¿How many different populations expanded from Asia to the Americas? ¿ How long ago? ¿Which modern Asian population share a most recent common ancestor with Native Americans? ¿Which where the dispersal corridors used by the first Americans?