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PEOPLE OF AN INVESTIGATION OF BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN ECOLOGICAL, ETHNO-ECONOMIC AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS M.K. BHASIN, ( H. WALTER and H. DANKER-HOPFE
( With a Foreword by: INDERA P. SINGH 1994 • Pages: 534 • Maps: 126 • Figures: 60 • Size: 230 × 290 mm • ISBN 81-85264-07-4 • Binding: Hard • Price: US $
100/- Rs. 1950/- The authors merit congratulations on their exhaustive
survey of genetic polymorphisms in a broad sample of modern
populations........... the reader will appreciate
the efforts of its three authors to compile a study of such overwhelming
complexity and size. Surely People of India will attract the attention of
geneticists, demographers, and paleoanthropologists
whose research is directed to increasing our understanding of the biological
diversity and evolution of the prehistoric and modern inhabitants of the
Indian subcontinent. —AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY This is an outstanding work and will be invaluable, I had
hoped at one stage to have a book like this in the
Older works in Indian anthropology essentially were
restricted to compilation and descriptive studies of biological and
sociological parameters. Bhasin, Walter, and Danker- Hopfe
give an overview of existing studies of this type and add results of their
own extensive studies. They however move on to the application of modern
methods of anthropology with the aim towards the analysis of causes, and the
understanding of the population biology. The closing sentence the summary
states correctly............" It may be concluded that to understand the
population variation of the heterogeneous Indian society, there is a need for
a holistic approach involving environment, sociocultural
integrations and biological traits." The authors made a big step toward
this goal. This book is not only a rich source of information and of stimulating
reading, it represents an outstanding example of
very fruitful cooperation of an Indian and German team toward a common goal. —PROFESSOR DR. WALTER
FUHRMANN, ‘People of India’ is an excellent compilation of the
available research studies on the Indian population and the authors have
opened up new direction for research for younger biologists in general, and
anthropologists in particular. This direction needs to be sustained for the
future prospects of the discipline. Overall
the book ‘People of ….. the book is
recommended as a source book for scholars in biomedical sciences, behavioural sciences and social sciences.
—INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH CONTENTS Preface UNIT-I: 1.
Introduction • 2. 3.
Materials and Methods • UNIT-II: 4.
Polymorphic Traits and Polymorphisms • UNIT-III: 5.
Genetic Distances • 6.
Summary• References • Appendix • Index •
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