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Mapping Human History
by Olson, Steve
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0747561745
- ISBN 13
- 9780747561743
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Synopsis
In this sweeping narrative of the past 150,000 years of human history, Steve Olson draws on new understandings in genetics to reveal how the people of the world came to be. Traveling across four continents, Olson describes the African origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. He offers a genealogy of all of humanity, explaining, for instance, why everyone can claim Julius Caesar and Confucius as their forebears and how the history of the Jewish people jibes with, and diverges from, biblical accounts. He shows how groups of people differ and yet are the same, exploding the myth that human races are a biological reality while demonstrating how the accidents of history have resulted in the rich diversity of people today. Celebrating both our commonality and our variety, MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY is a masterful synthesis of the human past and present that will forever change how we think about ourselves and our relations with others.
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- The Glass Key
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99460
- Title
- Mapping Human History
- Author
- Olson, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747561745
- ISBN 13
- 9780747561743
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
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- Science;
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