A Short History of Humanity
By Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe
Translated by Caroline Waight
By Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe
Translated by Caroline Waight
By Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe
Translated by Caroline Waight
By Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe
Translated by Caroline Waight
By Johannes Krause
Read by Stephen Graybill
Translated by Thomas Trappe and Caroline Waight
By Johannes Krause
Read by Stephen Graybill
Translated by Thomas Trappe and Caroline Waight
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$19.00
Apr 19, 2022 | ISBN 9780593229439
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Apr 13, 2021 | ISBN 9780593229446
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Apr 13, 2021 | ISBN 9780593394243
370 Minutes
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Praise
“A highly readable, personal guide to the twists and turns in unravelling ancient DNA: Krause and Trappe expertly recount the story of archaeogenetics to reveal how this new field has utterly transformed understanding of our deep past.”—Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
“One of those books that stops you dead in your tracks and makes you say out loud: Why didn’t I know that before? So easy to read. So logically argued. So satisfyingly sensible and thought-provoking. Read it, think about it, and then read it again. An absolute revelation.”—Sue Black, author of All That Remains
“A captivating and informative look at the origins and future of humanity. . . . Krause and Trappe make complicated scientific processes accessible to lay readers, and offer hope that the ongoing study of ancient genetics and the development of new technologies such as genome editing will help to fight pathogens.”—Publishers Weekly
“A Short History of Humanity is an eloquent and timely reminder that viruses and other pathogens of infectious disease are merely fellow-travellers in an epic journey that began when the first human migrants left Africa around 200,000 years ago. The solution to pandemics is not to close borders in the hope of keeping viruses out but to recognise that we are a fundamentally peripatetic species united in our shared genetic inheritance and common humanity.”—Mark Honigsbaum, author of The Pandemic Century
“A fascinating story about the ancient history of migrations & the role played by terrible pandemics in our recent evolution. DNA evidence in history can be as powerful as written evidence.”—Richard Dawkins
“A valuable contribution to our understanding of who we are and how we got here.”—Tim Marshall, author of the international bestseller Prisoners of Geography
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