Lexington Books
Pages: 280
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-66690-379-9 • Hardback • September 2022 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-66690-380-5 • eBook • September 2022 • $45.00 • (£30.99)
Augustin F. C. Holl is distinguished professor and director of the Africa Research Center at Xiamen University.
Introduction: The Mobility Imperative: A Global Evolutionary Perspective
Chapter 1: Human Origins and Expansion
Chapter 2: Austronesian Origins, Expansion, and the Formation of the Indian Ocean World-system
Chapter 3: Origin and Expansion of Speakers of Chadic languages
Chapter 4: Origins and Expansion of Speakers of Bantu Languages
Chapter 5: Genesis and Expansion of Cattle Pastoralism in Africa: Livestock and Pathogens
This delightful primer places mobility where it belongs—at the heart of human history. A must read, for anyone interested in how movement impacted history.
— Shadreck Chirikure, University of Cape Town
Augustin Holl makes a strong case for mobility as a major determining factor in human biological and cultural evolution. His selected examples—from Holocene Africa and Oceania, and also previous Pleistocene stages of human evolution—make excellent reading. This is a book for specialists, students, and all readers interested in the human past.
— Peter Bellwood, professor emeritus, Australian National University