Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Pääbo

Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

Svante Pääbo

288 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

Description

A preeminent geneticist hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human?Neanderthal Man tells the riveting personal and scientific story of the quest to use ancient DNA to ...

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reflective 45%
inspiring 36%
adventurous 27%
challenging 18%
funny 18%
hopeful 9%
mysterious 9%

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fast 25%

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