The Invisible History Of The Human Race

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Black Inc
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 355 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and a small tear mark on front cover from an old price sticker present, but still a presentable copy with the remainder of book being clean.

Publishers Description: We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence inherited in Tasmania How are private companies like Ancestry.com uncovering, preserving and potentially editing the past In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally reveals that, remarkably, it is not only our biological history that is coded in our DNA, but also our social history. She breaks down myths of determinism and draws on cutting-edge research to explore how both historical artefacts and our DNA tell us where we have come from and where we may be going. Magnificently rich and sweeping in scope, in impeccable yet intimate prose. Cordelia Fine

ISBN: 9781863957038