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1) How to argue with a racist: what our genes do (and don't) say about human difference

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Rutherford, Adam

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"The most up-to-date science on the genetics of who we are and where we come from, showing us a more scientifically enlightened way to talk colloquially about race"--

2) Who we are and how we got here: ancient DNA and the new science of the human past

Author

Reich, David

Pub. Date

[2018]

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"A groundbreaking book about how technological advances in genomics and the extraction of ancient DNA have profoundly changed our understanding of human prehistory while resolving many long-standing controversies. Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze ancient DNA as never before, and it has become clear--in part from David Reich's own contributions to the field--that genomics is as important a means of understanding...

3) The seven daughters of Eve

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Sykes, Bryan

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Professor Bryan Sykes gives a firsthand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line.

4) Saxons, vikings, and celts: the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland

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Sykes, Bryan

Pub. Date

2006

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WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Bryan Sykes has traced the true genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. This historical travelogue and genetic tour of the fabled isles,...

5) Journey of man

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How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.

6) Neanderthal man: in search of lost genomes

Author

Paabo, Svante

Pub. Date

[2014]

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"What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer that question, beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in his sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2009. From Paabo, we learn how Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominin relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery...

7) Origin: a genetic history of the Americas

Author

Raff, Jennifer

Pub. Date

2022

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Book, Local Library Checkout Only

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"From ... genetic anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story--and fascinating mystery--of how humans migrated to the Americas"--

8) DNA USA: a genetic portrait of America

Author

Sykes, Bryan

Pub. Date

[2012]

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Crisscrossing the continent, a renowned geneticist provides a groundbreaking examination of America through its DNA.

9) The journey of man: a genetic odyssey

Author

Wells, Spencer

Pub. Date

[2002]

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Around 60,000 years ago, a man, genetically identical to us, lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so many sizes, shapes, and races? Examining the hidden secrets of human evolution in our genetic code, the author...