The Mobility Imperative: A Global Evolutionary Perspective of Human Migration [Paperback]

This work explores the long-term evolutionary implications of the Mobility Imperative: the foundational nature of mobility for human beings and their societies. The author puts forward a parsimonious but comprehensive model based on Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) rationales. The selected case studies range from the emergence and expansion of humans to cattle domestication and beyond.Augustin F. C. Holl is distinguished professor and director of the Africa Research Center at Xiamen University.

This delightful primer places mobility where it belongsat 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 examplesfrom Holocene Africa and Oceania, and also previous Pleistocene stages of human evolutionmake excellent reading. This is a book for specialists, students, and all readers interested in the human past. Peter Bellwood, professor emeritus, Australian National 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