A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
By Adam Rutherford
The Stories in Our Genes. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2016.
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The eye-opening and sometimes controversial tale of humanity that interweaves a geneticist’s hard data with stories from history, asking questions we’re still learning the answers to while transforming the way we think about evolution.
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What do you get from this book? Unlock humanity’s genomes and reveal the mysteries behind our past, present, and future
Genomes prove that though we’re all unique, we’re also descendants of a single origin from which we evolved
DNA sequencing has made it possible for scientists to identify similar and different species
The evolutionary relationship between Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens has been contested, but DNA proves they bred together
Modern humans are, essentially, one big hodgepodge of DNA that resulted in gene mutations based on geographic location and agriculture
Royalty is not descendant from one bloodline—they’re as muddled as everybody else
Eugenics is a racist branch of genetics that is mostly made up of outdated myths which have been proven untrue
The Human Genome Project mapped DNA in an effort to understand humanity and disease
Defective MAOA is linked to increased violence, though it is not the sole source of criminal behavior
As long as women have children and those infants survive into adulthood, humans will continue to evolve
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Who should read A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived book
Scientists • historians • teachers • students • biologists • anyone with an interest in evolution
About the author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
Adam Rutherford
British scientist Adam Rutherford holds a PhD in genetics from University College London, where he has spent time as an Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Division of Biosciences. Rutherford is a science author and broadcaster, with several documentaries to his name. He is the two-time recipient of the Wellcome Book Prize for his texts on genetics.
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