Human Y-chromosomal networks and patterns of gene flow in Europe, West Asia and North Africa

Recent developments in molecular genetics are currently transforming
our understanding of the population history of the world. Their
application to the prehistory and history of Europe was the focus of
an interdisciplinary meeting held in Cambridge in 1999 as a
Euroconference of the Human Genome Diversity Group. The papers
describe the latest developments in this fast-moving area, with a
clear and accessible discussion of the results of mitochondrial DNA
and Y-chromosone analysis, and of their integration with the
archaeological and climatic record. For the first time it is here
possible to assess the impact of molecular genetics upon European
prehistory. This volume will thus be essential reading for all those,
including archaeologists and geneticists, concerned with the
reconstruction of the prehistory of Europe and with this new,
multidisciplinary field of research.