Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

David Reich

368 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science reflective slow-paced

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A 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, linguist...

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