The is an academic work edited by Peter Bellwood , an emeritus professor of archaeology. It provides a multidisciplinary overview of how humans populated the planet from the earliest hominin dispersals to the end of prehistory.
: Tracks the migration of modern humans across Australia, Asia, and Europe between 70,000 and 40,000 BCE, and into the Americas roughly 20,000 to 15,000 years ago. The global prehistory of human migration
This volume is an edited collection derived from the larger five-volume Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration . It is available as a single-volume edition through retailers such as: Amazon.com: The Global Prehistory of Human Migration The is an academic work edited by Peter
: Comparative language studies to identify migration routes. Availability and Formats This volume is an edited collection derived from
: A major focus of the book is Bellwood's hypothesis regarding how the spread of agriculture drove major language family dispersals (e.g., Indo-European, Austronesian). Multidisciplinary Approach : The text integrates data from: Archaeology : Fossil remains and tool sites.
: Covers the first migrations out of Africa by Homo erectus and other archaic species approximately 2 million years ago.
: Ancient DNA analysis to trace lineage and population movement.