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MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY; Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
de Olson, Steve
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618091572
- ISBN 13
- 9780618091577
- Librería
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Maps. 8vo, black cloth over tan boards, illustrated with a few B&W maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a young woman's face superimposed on a map, [viii] + 292 pages. Apart from a gift inscription on the free front endpaper, Exceptional Condition! "The book is an excellent antidote against bigotry"--so says Prof. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, the Dean of Human Genetic Mapping.
Sinopsis
In this sweeping narrative of the past 150,000 years of human history, Steve Olson draws on new understandings in genetics to reveal how the people of the world came to be. Traveling across four continents, Olson describes the African origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. He offers a genealogy of all of humanity, explaining, for instance, why everyone can claim Julius Caesar and Confucius as their forebears and how the history of the Jewish people jibes with, and diverges from, biblical accounts. He shows how groups of people differ and yet are the same, exploding the myth that human races are a biological reality while demonstrating how the accidents of history have resulted in the rich diversity of people today. Celebrating both our commonality and our variety, MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY is a masterful synthesis of the human past and present that will forever change how we think about ourselves and our relations with others.
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- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1485
- Título
- MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY; Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
- Autor
- Olson, Steve
- Ilustrador
- Maps
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth and boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0618091572
- ISBN 13
- 9780618091577
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2002
- LCCN
- 2001051880
- Palabras clave
- Evolution, genetics, DNA, migrations, races, racism, illustrated
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Sobre el vendedor
Borg Antiquarian
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
Sobre Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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