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Fort, Joaquim
2024-06-18T11:51:34Z
2024-06-18T11:51:34Z
2022-04-06
http://hdl.handle.net/10256/21651
The seminal book The Neolithic transition and the genetics of
populations in Europe by Ammerman and Cavalli-Sforza (1984)
contains the analysis of archaeological data that led to the result
that the spread rate of the Neolithic in Europe was on average
about 1 km/yr. It also contains the direct application of a
mathematical model that provides an explanation for this value (1
km/yr), the so-called 'wave-of-advance model'. The book also
reviews work on the possibility that genetic clines were formed
due to the spread of the Neolithic in Europe. This paper is a review
of work on both topics since their first joint paper, which was
published 50 years ago (Ammerman and Cavalli-Sforza 1971). We
also discuss the importance of these and related contributions by
Cavalli-Sforza, the present state of the art, and possible lines of
future progress.
Based on "Ammerman AJ, Cavalli-Sforza LL. The Neolithic
transition and the genetics of populations in Europe. New Jersey:
Princeton University Press. 1984”This work has been partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e
Innovación (grant PID2019-104585GB-I00) and the Institució Catalana
d'Estudis Avançats (ICREA Academia grant 2022-2026).
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Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Difusió cultural -- Models matemàtics
Culture diffusion -- Mathematical models
Prehistoric spread rates and genetic clines
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