Book
The Warao: a study in microevolution
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Fleischman, Mark Lawrence.
Abstract
This thesis is 'a demonstration of the interaction of physical environment and social organization and their influence upon the gene pool of the Warao' (p. viii). The first chapters cover the environment and life mode of the Warao, with special attention to how the demands of the environment and the Warao subsistence strategies relate tot the social organization. Excellent data are provided on the size, composition, and placement of the primary Warao social units, the household and village. The author then examines how the form of the social organization affects the Warao gene pool by statistically describing a series of genetic traits and analyzing variation among village means.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- David Sherwood ; 1984
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Amacuro Delta, mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela
- Notes
- Theoretical Orientation (121) and Organization and analysis of results of research (128) for explanation of the symbols and formulas used in the dempgraphic charts.
- UM 75-19,683
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-186)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1975
- LCSH
- Warao Indians