A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
Recommended by Jim Al-Khalili, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #6 in Genetics, Ranked #30 in Genealogy — see more rankings.
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex.
Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001, it has been subject to all sorts of claims, counterclaims, and myths. In fact, as Adam Rutherford explains, our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals, but as... more
Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001, it has been subject to all sorts of claims, counterclaims, and myths. In fact, as Adam Rutherford explains, our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals, but as... more
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Jim Al-Khalili Rutherford tells the story of our genetic makeup, how it has shaped human history and what history can now tell us about our genes. It’s a hugely illuminating and fresh take on who we are and how we came to be. (Source)
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- #69 in Anthropology
- #76 in Biology
- #46 in Evolution
- #58 in History Of Science
- #98 in Life Sciences
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