Who we are and how we got here, ancient dna and the new science of the human past
Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2018Description: xxvii,335,iipISBN:- 9780198831440
- 304.2 REI
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Book | CEPT Library | General | 304.2 REI | Available | 019464 |
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
Part I The Deep History of Our Species xiii
1 How the Genome Explains Who We Are 3
2 Encounters with Neanderthals 25
3 Ancient DNA Opens the Floodgates 53
Part II How We Got to Where We Are Today
4 Humanity's Ghosts 77
5 The Making of Modern Europe 99
6 The Collision That Formed India 123
7 In Search of Native American Ancestors 155
8 The Genomic Origins of East Asians 187
9 Rejoining Africa to the Human Story 207
Part Ill The Disruptive Genome
10 The Genomics of Inequality 229
11 The Genomics of Race and Identity 247
12 The Future of Ancient DNA 274
Notes on the Illustrations 287
Notes 291
Index 321
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