The first international conference on migration was held in Lawrence, Kansas, on
March 1–2, 2010. The primary emphasis of the conference was the consequences of
worldwide cultural diversity and evolution for migration, particularly from a molecular perspective. More than 100 scholars from 12 countries and 24 institutions
participated in the conference. A volume based on the proceedings of the conference, Causes and Consequences of Human Migration: An Evolutionary Perspective,
was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.
This new volume on migration, Human Migration: Biocultural Perspective,
published by Oxford University Press, compiles 21 chapters focusing on what research on genomic and cultural diversity can tell us about the process of migration. The chapters were written by participants in an interdisciplinary conference
on human migration held at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the
National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN) in Mexico City from October
17 to 21, 2017. The conference was organized by Maria de Lourdes Muñoz-Moreno
and was funded by the following programs and Institutions: CINVESTAV-IPN,
the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, the University of Kansas (Lawrence), Consejo
Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología EdoMex, Red Mexicana de Virologia,
Red Temática: Envejecimiento, Salud y Desarrollo Social, Instituto Nacional de
Antropología e Historia, and DNS Microgenomic S.A. de C.V. Inc. More than 200
scholars from 11 different countries and 27 institutions attended the formal portion of the 4-day conference. In addition, the conference included a strong multidisciplinary plenary approach to human migration with the participation of
anthropologists, molecular anthropologists, archaeologists, molecular geneticists,
and human biologists.