The invisible history of the human race how DNA and history shape our identities and our futures
"How biology, psychology, and history shape us as individuals We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? In The Invisible History of the Human Race Christine Kenneally draws on cutting-edge research to reveal how...
| Main Author: | Kenneally, Christine (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Ideas about what is passed down are passed down. Do not ask what gets passed down
- The history of family history
- The worst idea in history
- The Reich Genealogical Authority
- What is passed down? Silence
- Information
- Ideas and feelings
- The small grains of history
- DNA + culture
- Chunks of DNA
- The politics of DNA
- The history of the world
- How what is passed down shapes bodies and minds. The past is written on your face : DNA, traits, and what we make of them
- The past may not make you feel better : DNA, history, and health.