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Who we are and how we got here : ancient DNA and the new science of the human past
- Title
- Who we are and how we got here : ancient DNA and the new science of the human past / David Reich.
- Author
- Reich, David (Of Harvard Medical School)
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- David Reich describes how the revolution in the ability to sequence ancient DNA has changed our understanding of the deep human past. This book tells the emerging story of our often surprising ancestry - the extraordinary ancient migrations and mixtures of populations that have made us who we are.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Popular works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-320) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one: The deep history of our species (1. How the genome explains who we are ; 2. Encounters with Neanderthals ; 3. Ancient DNA opens the floodgates) -- Part two: How we got to where we are today (4. Huamnity's ghosts ; 5. The making of modern Europe ; 6. The collision that formed India ; 7. In search of Native American ancestors ; 8. The genomic origins of East Asians ; 9. Rejoining Africa to the human story) -- Part three: The disruptive genome (10. The genomics of inequality ; 11. The genomics of race and identity ; 12. The future of ancient DNA)
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3353
- ISBN
- 0198821255
- 9780198821250
- LCCN
- 2017038165
- OCLC
- 1006478846
- Author
- Reich, David (Of Harvard Medical School), author.
- Title
- Who we are and how we got here : ancient DNA and the new science of the human past / David Reich.
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-320) and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: HARVARD UNIVERSITY. PUB. ALSO IN US BY PANTHEON.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3353