Recent Advances in Palaeodemography: Data, Techniques, Patterns

INTRODUCTION: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel (CNRS, Paris, France),- DATA: From genes to numbers: effective population sizes in human origins: John Hawks (University of Wisconsin, USA),- Assessment of Land Surveys in Greece: Contributions and Limitations: Jean-Nicolas Corvisier (University of Artois, France),- TECHNIQUES: Estimation of Age Distribution with and its Confidence Intervals using an Iterative bayesian procedure and a bootstrap sampling approach: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel (CNRS, Paris, France) and Jean-Noël Bacro (University of Montpellier 2, France),- The Halley Band for Paleodemographic Mortality Analysis: Marc A. Luy (University of Rostock, Germany) and Ursula Wittwer-Backofen (Institute for Human Genetics and Anthropology, University Clinics Freiburg, Germany),- Model life-tables for preindustrial populations : First application in Palaeodemography.: Isabelle Seguy (INED/CEPAM, Nice, France) et al,- PATTERNS: Modeling Paleolithic Predator-Prey Dynamics and the Effects of Hunting Pressure on Prey 'Choice': Mary C. Stiner (University of Arizona, USA) et al,- The Paleodemography of Central Portugal and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition: Mary Jackes (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Christopher Meiklejohn (University of Winnipeg, Canada),- Demographic and Health Changes during the transition to Agriculture in North America: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel (CNRS, Paris, France) et al,- The demography of prehistoric fishing/hunting people: Case study of the Upper Columbia Area: Nathan B. Goodale (Washington State University, USA) et al,- The Libben Site: a Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Village from the Eastern Late Woodlands of North America. Analysis and Implications for Palaeodemography and Human Origins: Richard S. Meindl (Kent State University, USA) et al.