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Who We Are and How We Got Here : Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich (2018, Hardcover)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-10110187032X

ISBN-139781101870327

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Book TitleWho We Are and How We Got Here : Ancient D N A and the New Science of the Human Past

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicArchaeology, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Anthropology / General

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Science

AuthorDavid Reich

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-038165

Reviews"In just five years, the study of ancient DNA has transformed our understanding of world prehistory. The geneticist David Reich, one of the pioneers in this field, here gives the brilliantly lucid first account of the resulting new view of human origins and of the later dispersals that went on to shape the modern world," --Colin Renfrew, Disney Professor of Archeology Emeritus, University of Cambridge "Reich's magisterial book gives a riveting account of human prehistory and history through the new lens provided by ancient DNA data. The story of human populations, as he shows, is ever one of widespread and repeated mixing, debunking the fiction of 'pure' populations." --Molly Przeworski, Professor of Biological Sciences, Colombia University "The breathtaking book dramatically revises our understanding of the deep history of our species in our African homeland and beyond. Beautifully written, it reads like a detective novel and demonstrates a hard truth that often makes many of us uncomfortable: not only are all human beings mixed, but our intuitive understanding of the evolution of the population structure of the world around us is not to be trusted." --Henry Louis Gates Jr., University Professor, Harvard University, and Executive Producer of Finding Your Roots "This absorbing book will blow you away with its rich and astounding account of where we came from and why that matters. Reich tells the surprising story of how humans got to every corner of the planet, which was revealed only after he and other scientists unlocked will transform how you think about the meaning of ancestry and race." --Daniel E. Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and author of The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease "Powerful writing and extraordinary insights animate this endlessly fascinating account, by a world scientific leader, of who we modern humans are and how our ancestors arrived in the diverse corners of the world. I could not put the book down." --Robert Weinberg, Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal572.8/6

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments ix Introduction xi Part I The Deep History of Our Species 1 How the Genome Explains Who We Are 3 2 Encounters with Neanderthals 25 3 Ancient DNA Opens the Floodgates 53 Part II How We Got to Where We Are Today 4 Humanity's Ghosts 77 5 The Making of Modern Europe 99 6 The Collision That Formed India 123 7 In Search of Native American Ancestors 155 8 The Genomic Origins of East Asians 187 9 Rejoining Africa to the Human Story 207 Part III The Disruptive Genome 10 The Genomics of Inequality 229 11 The Genomics of Race and Identity 247 12 The Future of Ancient DNA 274 Notes on the Illustrations 287 Notes 291 Index 321

SynopsisA groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here , Reich allows readers to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species. Reich delves into how the genomic revolution is transforming our understanding of modern humans and how DNA studies reveal deep inequalities among different populations, between the sexes, and among individuals. Provocatively, Reich's book suggests that there might very well be biological differences among human populations but that these differences are unlikely to conform to common stereotypes. Drawing upon revolutionary findings and unparalleled scientific studies, Who We Are and How We Got Here is a captivating glimpse into humankind--where we came from and what that says about our lives today.

LC Classification NumberQH431.R37 2018