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Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World

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by Oppenheimer, Stephen


  Homo helmei xvi, 15–16, 72, 74–5, 98, 103, 115

  Homo neanderthalis see Neanderthals

  Homo rhodesiense 11, 15, 345

  Homo rudolphensis 10

  Homo sapiens 16, 47, 346

  Horai, Santoshi 302

  Hrdlicka, Ales 282

  ‘human revolution’ 107

  see also culture

  hunting 12–13

  HV maternal clan 144–6, 148–50, 179, 251

  ice age cycles 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 25, 68–9, 356

  see also Last Glacial Maximum

  immune system adaptation 359–60

  India

  Chenchu people 157, 182, 183–4, 185

  maternal clans of 180–4

  Middle Palaeolithic tools in 73

  physical appearance in 201

  Y chromosome genetic trail 184–7

  Indian Ocean 60, 69, 156–9, 206

  Indian ‘Soan’ Middle Palaeolithic 100

  Inos paternal clan 146

  ‘inter-regional mixing compromise’ 47–9

  interglacial optimum 51–3

  interglacials 51–3, 60, 72

  interstadials 85, 140

  Inuit-Aleut speakers 300–1, 305, 309, 310–13, 330, 336, 342

  Ipswichian interglacial 53

  Iran 138, 224

  Iraq 138, 177, 224

  Irula people 157

  Island Southeast Asia 168–71, 261, 266–8, 275

  Jahangir (J) paternal clan 141–4

  Japan, Mongoloid immigration to 269

  Jarawa people 157–8

  Jefferson, Thomas 294

  Jewellery 122

  Jinmium rock art site 160

  Johanson, Donald 5

  Johnson, Michael 292

  Johnson, Mo 94–5

  Jones, Rhys 160

  Josenhans, Heiner 340

  Kadar people 157

  Kara-Bom caves 223, 224–5

  Karafet, Tatiana 328–9

  Karolta rock engravings 108

  Kennewick Man 315–17, 321–2

  Kenyanthropus platyops 7

  Kingdon, Jonathan 57, 59, 63

  Kivisild, Toomas 83, 145, 150, 152–4, 183, 232, 234, 235

  Klasies River 77

  Klein, Richard 57, 108–10

  Köhler, Wolfgang 27

  Korava people 157

  Kostenki 147

  Kota Tampan culture 82, 166–9, 355

  Koya people 183–4, 185

  Krishna (K) paternal clan 151, 185, 191, 239–40

  Kung hunter-gatherers 24

  Kurdistan 138, 143, 144

  Kurds 138

  Lahr, Marta 57–8, 61, 72, 115, 324–5

  Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste 3

  landmass growth 258–60

  language

  animal ability 26–8

  creationist view of 29–32

  diversity of 294–301

  drive for brain growth 25, 30–2

  see also Amerind speakers; Inuit-Aleut speakers; Na-Dene speakers

  language borrowing 295

  language shift 295

  Lascaux cave paintings 55, 92

  Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)

  Africa at 248

  Americas at 247, 300

  Asia at 247, 350

  Central Asia at 253–5

  Europe at 244–50, 349–50

  genetic continuity during 250–5

  Northern Asia at 253–5

  Southeast Asia at 274–6

  Lawrence, Peter 94, 96

  Leakey, Richard 1

  Learning 19–20

  Lenggong Valley 167, 275

  Leonard, Jennifer 339

  Levant, the 16, 52–4, 61, 147

  Levantines, Asian origins of 84–5

  LGM see Last Glacial Maximum

  Liang Bua cave 165, 193

  Longevity 362

  Lower Palaeolithic tools 73, 115

  ‘Lucy’ family (Australopithecus afarensis) 5–6

  M7 maternal line 264

  M17 (Y) paternal clan 151–3, 185–7, 252–3

  M173 paternal clan 152

  Macaulay, Vincent 61

  McAvoy, Joseph 292

  McAvoy, Lynn 292

  McBrearty, Sally 117–27, 346

  Macroblades 273

  Majid, Zuraina 82, 167, 275

  Makarovo site 223

  Makrani people 157, 176

  Mal’ta 226, 244

  mammoth culture 148, 244

  Mammoth Steppe 214–15, 228, 232, 234, 244

  Manju (M) maternal clan 83–5, 158, 169–70, 171, 180–3, 229, 234, 255

  mass-migration trees 49

  Meadowcroft Rockshelter 286, 291–2

  meat, eating 9–12

  Mendel, Gregor 34–5, 36

  Mesopotamia 138

  Microblades 272, 273

  Microliths 87, 118, 126–7

  Middle Palaeolithic technology 15, 72, 98–100, 101, 103, 115, 225, 270–1

  Middle Palaeolithic tools 73, 74

  Middle Son Basin 73

  Middle Stone Age tools 98, 99

  mitochondrial DNA see mtDNA

  Mitochondrial Eve 46, 172, 365

  mobility of genes 42, 265

  Mode 3 technology 115, 117

  modern Africans 110–12, 175

  Moluccas 190, 267

  Mongoloid populations

  drift vs. selection 214–18

  expansion of 260–8

  genetic diversity of 210

  genetic trail of 229–42

  at LGM 256–8

  North-South differences 213, 227–8

  physical appearance 201

  physical changes in 205–7

  replacement in China and Japan 268–9

  skeletal features of 213–18

  skull shape 211

  teeth shape 209–13

  Monte Verde site 286, 287–90

  Mousterian tools 98, 105, 146

  Movius, Hallam 271

  mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA)

  Americas founders 302–22, 331–4

  brown bear 339

  building genetic tree using xiv–xv, 37–43

  continuity through LGM 250–2, 253–5

  dating using 39–43

  European founder lines 133–40, 144–6

  evidence against gene flow 113

  in India 180–4

  Mitochondrial Eve 46

  Mongoloid populations 229–35

  mutations 38–9

  nomenclature for 43

  northern exodus evidence 61–3

  in Pakistan 180

  Semang people 169–70

  single exodus evidence 83–4

  multiple migrations 69–73

  multiregionalist model xvi, 47–9, 159, 347

  see also biology

  Mumba Rock Shelter 118

  Mutations 38–9, 111–12

  Na-Dene speakers 300–1, 303, 305, 306, 309, 310–13, 330, 335, 342

  Naeve, Richard 322–3

  Narmada valley 73

  Nasreen (N) maternal clan 83–5, 129, 134, 149, 169–70, 171, 177, 180–2, 184, 229, 255, 265

  Nazi anthropologists 2

  Neanderthals

  beachcombing 77

  burial 105–6, 147

  co-existence with modern humans 104

  European 16

  hybrid with modern humans theory 47–9, 347–8

  multiregionalist view of xvi

  origins of 16, 72

  technology used by 97–8, 103–7

  unfavourable perception of 90–3

  vocal anatomy of 30, 92

  Neolithic culture xvii, 188

  Neoteny 217

  Nettle, Daniel 297

  Neves, Walter 322, 323–4, 325

  New Guinea 164–5, 174–5, 190, 204, 264, 266–7

  Newsweek article (1988) 45, 172

  Niah Cave 100

  Nichols, Johanna 297–9

  Nicobar Islands 158

  Nomenclature 42
–3, 196–8

  non-recombining DNA 36–7

  Northern Asia

  Cain marker found in 270

  colonization of 243–7

  at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 253–5

  northern exodus theory 54–67

  nose size 215–16

  NRY see Y chromosome

  nucleotide bases 36

  Nusa Tenggara 190

  Ojibwa people 336

  Onge people 157–8

  Orang Asli peoples 264

  ornaments 122

  Otte, Marcel 87, 133, 224

  ‘Out-of-Africa Adam’ 84, 141–2, 171

  ‘Out-of-Africa Eve’ 46, 84

  paedomorphy 217–18

  painting see art

  Pakistan 157, 175–6, 179, 180, 184–6

  Palaeo-Indians 325

  Palaeoanthropology 2

  Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers xvii

  Paniyan people 157

  parallel gene trees 46

  Paranthropus genus 7, 8, 10–12, 14, 25, 30, 32

  pebble tools 166–9, 275, 287

  pencils 121

  Perak Man 167, 169

  perishable tools 271–2

  phylogeography 42

  physical appearance

  Anatomically Modern Humans 202

  Australians 174

  differences in 195–6

  East Asians 205

  and genetic diversity 172, 174–5

  Indians 201

  Mongoloid populations 201

  Southeast Asia to East Asia transition 180–1, 201

  see also face; gracile features; robust features; skulls

  pigment 120

  Pinker, Stephen 29

  plankton levels 79–80

  Pleistocene ice epoch 14, 25, 51–5, 68

  political correctness 2–3, 196–8

  Polo, Marco 60, 219, 220

  Polo (P) paternal clan 153, 240, 327–30

  Polynesians xvii, 263, 296

  population genetics 42, 49–50

  Powell, Joseph 325

  prepared cores 101, 103, 115

  Proto-Australoid ethnic groups 157

  Quetzalcoatl (Q) paternal clan 330

  Quintana-Murci, Lluís 143, 152

  ‘race’ 196–7

  ‘racial migration’ concept 49

  racism 196

  Red Sea 67, 69, 77, 79–80, 99, 124

  ribcage shape 9

  Richards, Martin 61, 134, 144, 150, 169, 177, 263, 264, 319

  rickets 198–9

  Roberts, Richard 160, 164

  robust features 175, 202–3, 204–5, 323, 324

  Roe, Derek 100–1

  Rohani maternal clan 138–9, 170, 177–9, 182–4

  Rohling, Eelco 79–80

  Romania 252

  Rosser, Zoë 146

  Ruslan paternal clan 152–3, 251, 329–30

  Russia 147, 149, 273

  Saharan game 52

  Schaefer site 293

  sea crossings 163

  sea-level changes 79–80, 161–4, 258, 274

  Semang people 158, 169, 264–6

  Semino, Ornella 146, 150, 152

  Senoi people 181

  Seth (F, M89) paternal clan 84, 141–2, 152, 171, 184–5, 190–1, 236–40

  Shanidar Cave 147

  Shields, Gerald 308

  Shutler, Richard 168

  Silk Road 219–21

  single exodus

  mtDNA evidence for 83–4

  Y chromosome (NRY) evidence for 66, 84

  Sinodonty 209, 211, 212

  size, change in human 203–4

  skeletons

  Lake Mungo 161

  Liujiang 170–1

  Mongoloid skeleton

  features 213–18

  size of 203

  skin colour 198–200

  skulls

  American 315–16

  Dali 73

  Liujiang 269

  Luzia 322–3

  Maba 73

  ‘Madeleine’ (Java) 73

  Minatogawa 205, 269

  Narmada 100

  Niah cave 267

  Selknam 324

  shape differences 2, 203, 323, 347

  size reduction 204–7

  Skhul 5 202

  Tabon Cave 267

  Tehuelches 324

  Upper Cave 101 269

  Wajak 267–8

  sociability 24

  Solecki, Ralph 147

  Solheim, Wilhelm 275

  Solutrean culture 250

  Solutrean hypothesis 317–19

  Song Keplek cave 266

  South America, dates of first colonization 322–4

  South Asia

  aboriginal groups 157

  central role of 348

  genetic diversity retained in 175–7, 191–2

  origin of European founders 84–7, 139–44, 144, 152–4

  Southeast Asia

  Australo-Melanesian view of 267–8

  colonization of (northern route theory) 59–61

  gap in occupation 274–5

  genetically distinct form Northeast Asia 227

  at LGM 274–6

  low level tools used in 271–2

  migration from East Asia 263–6

  Mongoloid expa

  nsion into 262–8

  stone technology in 100

  technical influences at LGM 272

  teeth shape in 206–10

  Y chromosome evidence of route into 189–93

  see also Island Southeast Asia; Mongoloid populations

  southern route

  archaeological evidence for 87

  beachcomber evidence for 76–7, 80

  climatic evidence for 67–74, 78–82

  colonization of Australia 57–8, 77–8

  dating of 73–6, 78–83

  mtDNA evidence for 83–4

  Y chromosome (NRY) evidence for 66, 84, 188–93

  speech see language

  Spirit Cave Man 322

  Spitsynians 147

  Sri Lanka 87, 157

  Stanford, Denis 317

  Stariovskaya, Yelena 338, 340

  Stone, Anne 320

  stone tools

  Acheulian tools 15, 73

  American finds 282–3, 292–3

  Anatomically Modern Humans 98–103

  blades 91, 100–3, 115, 117, 118, 272, 273

  in Central Asia 224–6

  chopper-chopping 272, 274

  and cultural revolution theory 115–20

  as evidence for northern exodus 59

  flaked stone industry 272, 273, 274

  and increase in brain size 8

  Kota Tampan culture 166–9

  low level used in Asia 271–2

  Lower Palaeolithic 73

  macroblades 273

  made by Homo erectus 14

  microblades 272, 273

  microliths 87, 118, 126–7

  Middle Palaeolithic 72

  Neanderthal vs. modern 91

  pebble tools 166–9, 275, 287

  in Sri Lanka 87

  stone points 118

  Tingkayu lanceolate knives 275–6

  Upper Palaeolithic 73, 87, 146

  Stoneking, Alan 320

  Stringer, Chris 56, 57, 61

  Sundadonty 207–9, 210–11, 212, 316

  Sunghir grave 122

  symbolic thought see art; language syntax 31

  Syrian Desert 60

  Tamil population 181

  Taramsa Hill 56

  Tasmanians 75, 267

  TAT paternal clan 151, 239, 330

  teeth shape change 206–13

  terminology 42–3, 196–8

  thalassaemias 359–60, 361

  Tierra del Fuegans 204–5

  Tigris Valley 60

  Toba explosion 73, 80–2, 166–9, 183, 188, 192–3, 355, 356

  tools see bone tools; perishable tools; stone tools

  Topper, David 292

  Topper/Big Pine site 28
6, 292–3

  Torroni, Antonio 229, 264, 302–5, 309, 313, 337

  Trading 127

  Trans-Caucasus 138, 145, 148

  Turkey 138

  Underhill, Peter 58, 150, 152, 188

  Upper Cave 269, 273

  Upper Palaeolithic art 29, 92

  Upper Palaeolithic technology 87, 90, 92, 100–3, 147, 223–5, 270–1, 272–3

  Upper Palaeolithic tools 73, 87, 146

  Urumchi mummies 149

  Ust-Karakol caves 223

  vegetarianism 9–11

  Villems, Richard 83, 145

  Wainscoat, James 50

  walking (bipedalism) 4–5, 13–14

  Ward, Ryk 302, 314

  Watson, Jim 35–6

  Wells, H.G. 90

  Wheeler, Peter 9

  Wizards Beach Man 322

  X mtDNA group 231, 235, 314–15, 318–20, 332, 336, 341

  Y chromosome (NRY)

  Americas multiple migrations 327–31

  building genetic tree using xiv–xv, 41–3

  earliest exodus route evidence 188–93

  European founder lines 141–4, 146

  and Europe’s Asian origin 150–3

  and gene flow 113

  Mongoloid populations 235–42

  nomenclature for 43

  single exodus evidence 66, 84

  Y (M17) paternal clan 151–3, 185–7, 252–3

  Yadhava people 187

  Yali 93–7

  Yanadi people 157

  Yangtzi River (China) 272, 274, 327

  Yellow River (China) 272–3, 327

  Yemen, the 166

  Z mtDNA group 229, 231, 234–5, 255

  Zagros Mountains 60, 68, 87, 133, 138, 140, 143, 224

  Zergal, Tatiana 151

  (1) Reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis, from Lucy’s family of walking apes, 3-4 million years ago. They had one of the first clearly upright and bipedal bodies, but a skull and brain still the size of a chimpanzee’s.

  (2) Reconstruction of Homo erectus head.With a wary face and growing brain, they left Africa at the earliest opportunity, successfully dominating the planet for nearly two million years.

  (3) Skulls of (from top, left to right) Australopithecus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus, Homo rhodesiensis, Neanderthal and modern man.

  (4) Reconstruction of Neanderthal head.The heavy features, brow-ridges and large nose were partly adaptations to the northern climate.

  (5) Newsweek’s iconic cover of 11 January 1988 carried the full story of ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ to the world.

  (6) Eight-thousand-year-old Saharan rock images of elephants, hippos and giraffes, like this at Fezzan in Libya, record a time when the region was lush grassland.

  (7) The Red Sea, with the Gate of Grief at the bottom, where the crossing out of Africa took place 80,000 years ago. (Colours computer-generated.)

 

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