The People of South Asia: The Biological Anthropology of India, Pakistan, and Nepal

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Paleobiology of South Asian Miocene Hominoids....Pages 3-28
Biological Adaptations and Affinities of Mesolithic South Asians....Pages 29-57
Biological Anthropology of Bronze Age Harappans: New Perspectives....Pages 59-75
The Indo-Aryan Invasions: Cultural Myth and Archaeological Reality....Pages 77-90
Excavations at the Early Farming Village of Inamgaon 1968–1982....Pages 91-103
Paleodemography at Inamgaon: An Early Farming Village in Western India....Pages 105-132
Dental Anthropology of South Asian Populations: A Review....Pages 133-157
South Asian Prehistoric Human Skeletal Remains and Burial Practices....Pages 159-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
The Epidemiological Transition in Dental Occlusion in a North Indian Population....Pages 201-216
Current Status of Dermatoglyphic Studies in South Asia....Pages 217-237
Inbreeding in India: Concepts and Consequences....Pages 239-268
Taxonomic Distance and Human Populations of South Asia....Pages 269-281
Genetic Relationships between Indian Populations and Their Neighbors....Pages 283-293
Population Structure among the Dhangar Caste-Cluster of Maharashtra, India....Pages 295-324
The Impact of Irrigation on the Demographic Structure of the Peshawar Basin of Northwest Pakistan....Pages 325-341
Anthropological Demography of Populations of the Eastern Himalayas....Pages 343-364
Aging and Growth at High Altitudes in the Himalayas....Pages 365-385
Biocultural Adaptations of the High Altitude Sherpas of Nepal....Pages 387-420
Ecology and Human Physiology in Ladak....Pages 421-439
Subsistence Strategies among the Pastoralists of Maharashtra, India....Pages 441-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-465