A short history of humanity

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“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’—the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”—Kyle Harper, The Wall Street Journal

Johannes Krause is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and a brilliant pioneer in the field of archaeogenetics—archaeology augmented by DNA sequencing technology—which has allowed scientists to reconstruct human history reaching back hundreds of thousands of years before recorded time.

In this surprising account, Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe rewrite a fascinating chapter of this history, the peopling of Europe, that takes us from the Neanderthals and Denisovans to the present. We know now that a wave of farmers from Anatolia migrated into Europe 8,000 years ago, essentially displacing the dark-skinned, blue-eyed hunter-gatherers who preceded them. This Anatolian farmer DNA is one of the core genetic components of people with contemporary European ancestry. Archaeogenetics has also revealed that indigenous North and South Americans, though long thought to have been East Asian, also share DNA with contemporary Europeans.

Krause and Trappe vividly introduce us to the prehistoric cultures of the ancient Europeans: the Aurignacians, innovative artisans who carved flutes and animal and human forms from bird bones more than 40,000 years ago; the Varna, who buried their loved ones with gold long before the Pharaohs of Egypt; and the Gravettians, big-game hunters who were Europe’s most successful early settlers until they perished in the ice age.

Genetics has earned a reputation for smuggling racist ideologies into science, but cutting-edge science makes nonsense of eugenics and “pure” bloodlines. Immigration and genetic exchanges have always defined our species; who we are is a question of culture, not biological inheritance. This revelatory book offers us an entirely new way to understand ourselves, both past and present.

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waar komen we vandaan wie zijn wij wat onderscheidt ons van anderen sinds zijn ontstaan trok de mens vanuit afrika over de hele wereld ook naar europa tot voor kort was de geschiedenis van de oermens nog in nevelen gehuld maar met nieuwe methodes uit de archeogenetica komen tal van nieuwe inz Op voorraad. Voor 23:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

A Short History of Humanity

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Humanity has often found itself on the precipice we ve survived and thrived because we ve never stopped moving stops you dead in your tracks an absolute revelation sue black bestselling author of all that remains in this eye opening book johannes krause chair of the max planck institute Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 19 april 2022

Aantal pagina's: 288

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Johannes Krause

Tweede Auteur: Thomas Trappe

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Eerste Vertaler: Caroline Waight

Tweede Vertaler: Caroline Waight

Originele titel: Die Reise unserer Gene

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Product breedte: 132 mm

Product hoogte: 15 mm

Product lengte: 203 mm

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Verpakking breedte: 132 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm

Verpakking lengte: 201 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 419 g

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EAN: 9780593229439

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