Neanderthal Man : In Search of Lost Genomes

Neanderthal Man : In Search of Lost Genomes

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24 Mar, 2015

A preeminent geneticist, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine, hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all...

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ISBN-10:

0465054951

ISBN-13:

9780465054954

Publisher

Basic Books

Dimensions

8.10 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches

Language

English

Description

A preeminent geneticist, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine, hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human?

Neanderthal Man tells the riveting personal and scientific story of the quest to use ancient DNA to unlock the secrets of human evolution. Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA, Svante Pääbo. We learn that Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our ancient relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of where language came from as well as why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct.

Pääbo redrew our family tree and permanently changed the way we think about who we are and how we got here. For readers of Richard Dawkins, David Reich, and Hope Jahren, Neanderthal Man is the must-read account of how he did it.

Product Details

ISBN-10

:0465054951

ISBN-13

:9780465054954

Publisher

:Basic Books

Publication date

: 24 Mar, 2015

Category

: Science

Sub-Category

: Paleontology

Format

:PAPERBACK

Language

:English

Reading Level

: All

Dimension

: 8.10 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches

Weight

:249 g

Editorial Reviews

"Neanderthal Man is a revealing history of a new scientific field."--Carl Zimmer, New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Svante Pääbo is the founder of the field of ancient DNA. The director of the department of genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Pääbo has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, and the Economist, as well as on NPR, PBS, and BBC. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2022, and in 2009 Time named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Pääbo lives in Leipzig, Germany.

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