A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
by Adam Rutherford, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Elizabeth Garay · first published 2016
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In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species--births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away--until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely rewriting the human story--from 100,000 years ago to the present. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived will upend your thinking on Neand
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…TL;DR; White people are genetically smarter than black people. (To be transparent: I'm a white father to a black daughter... the book is bull shit IMHO) That said: If you enjoy genetics, I'd recommend "A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived", which uses actual science and is much more recent: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30135182-a-brief-history... The author's style is entertaining and insightful, although a bit flowery. As a reviewer…
on “Race, Genes, and IQ (1995)” ↗I would highly recommend reading 'A brief history of everyone who ever lived' by Adam Rutherford. IIRC it contains a whole chapter on GWASs (pronounced jee-wazzes). There are some phenotypes (characteristics) which clearly can be associated with a small number of genes (e.g.…
on “Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence” ↗If you want a very good summary of recent genetics research results, have a look at Adam Rutherford's A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes. Basically, even the most careful and underwhelming claims from the popular press overstate how much we actually understand about the connection between genes and real world…
on “So is it nature not nurture after all?” ↗…predict how many genes a human has. The prize for the nearest guess was the pot and a bottle of scotch. The winning bet, by Lee Rowen, was 25,947. The real number is around 20,000. -Adam Rutherford, A Brief History Of Everyone Who Ever Lived 2016
on “Gene Sweepstake (Genesweep) (2000)” ↗