
"[T]his book is a vibrant testimonial to what might be the greatest creation of modern humans: the scientific method." --SalonNeanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question: what can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing o...
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; 1 edition (March 24, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780465054954
ISBN-13: 978-0465054954
ASIN: 0465054951
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 118167
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With the completion of the full human genome sequence in 2003 and the rapid fall in DNA sequencing costs over the subsequent 10 years, we have been awaiting major advancements in many fields such as Healthcare, Agriculture, Drug Discovery and so on. ...
erthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA. We learn that Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominid relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct. Pääbo's findings have not only redrawn our family tree, but recast the fundamentals of human history--the biological beginnings of fully modern Homo sapiens, the direct ancestors of all people alive today.