Who we are and how we got here : ancient DNA and the new science of the human past / David Reich.
Publication details: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2019.Description: xxxi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780198821267 (paperback)
- 0198821263 (paperback)
- Human genetics -- Popular works
- Genomics -- Popular works
- DNA -- Analysis
- Genomics
- Human genetics
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Analysis
- DNA, Fossil -- Analysis
- Human genetics
- Genomics
- Prehistoric peoples
- Human population genetics
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Analysis
- DNA -- Analysis
- DNA, Fossil -- Analysis
- Human population genetics
- Prehistoric peoples
- 599.935 23
- QH431 .R37 2019
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 599.935 REI | Available | 062732 |
First published: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-320) and index.
Part I. 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 II. How We Got to Where We Are Today. 4 Humanity'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 III. The Disruptive Genome. 10. The Genomics of Inequality -- 11. The Genomics of Race and Identity -- 12 The Future of Ancient DNA.
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.
