Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9780198821267
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XXXII, 336 S., 28 s/w Illustr.
Format (T/L/B): 2.2 x 19.6 x 12.8 cm
Einband: Paperback
Beschreibung
Technology now allows scientists to analyze ancient DNA. It has become clear that DNA is as important a means of understanding the human past as archaeology, and the written word. DNA studies reveal history -- among different populations between the sexes, and among individuals. A groundbreaking book about how the extraction of DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past.