Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the new science of the human past
Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0-19-882126-7
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Buch. Softcover
2019
In englischer Sprache
Format (B x L): 12.6 x 19.5 cm
Gewicht: 268
Verlag: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-882126-7
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The emerging picture is one of many waves of ancient human migrations, so that all populations existing today are mixes of ancient ones, as well as in many cases carrying a genetic component from Neanderthals, and, in some populations, Denisovans. David Reich, whose team has been at the forefront of these discoveries, explains what the genetics is telling us about ourselves and our complex and often surprising ancestry. Gone are old ideas of any kind of racial 'purity', or even deep and ancient divides between peoples. Instead, we are finding a rich variety of mixtures. Reich describes the cutting-edge findings from the past few years, and also considers the sensitivities involved in tracing ancestry, with science sometimes jostling with politics and tradition. He brings an important wider message: that we should celebrate our rich diversity, and recognize that every one of us is the result of a long history of migration and intermixing of ancient peoples, which we carry as ghosts in our DNA.
What will we discover next?
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