Who We Are and How We Got Here
By David Reich
Categories: Science & Math
Geneticist David Reich describes how the ability to sequence ancient DNA has transformed what we know about the deep human past. His 2018 book shows that human history is a story of repeated migration and mixing, not of populations that stayed in place. Reich explains how Neanderthal DNA survives in many living people and how great migrations reshaped Europe and India. He also takes up what the new science means for ideas of race and identity.
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