Includes bibliographical references (page 378) and index.
The Genographic Project / Jason Blue-Smith -- Map of regions of the world -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- When languages die / K. David Harrison -- North Africa & The Middle East -- A life on the move / Harrison -- Asia -- To sail by the wisdom of the stars / Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey -- Oceania -- Notes on the world's scales / Miranda Weinberg -- Europe -- Written word, oral world / Robert E. Hart -- North America -- Making a space to live in / Central & South America -- Ethnic groups of the world