Who we are and how we got here ancient DNA and the new science of the human past
"A groundbreaking book about how technological advances in genomics and the extraction of ancient DNA have profoundly changed our understanding of human prehistory while resolving many long-standing controversies. Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze anc...
| Main Author: | Reich, David (Of Harvard Medical School) (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The deep history of our species. How the genome explains who we are ; Encounters with Neanderthals ; Ancient DNA opens the floodgates
- Part II. How we got to where we are today. Humanity's ghosts ; The making of modern Europe ; The collision that formed India ; In search of Native American ancestors ; The genomic origins of East Asians ; Rejoining Africa to the human story
- Part III. The disruptive genome. The genomics of inequality ; The genomics of race and identity ; The future of ancient DNA.