Chi siamo e come siamo arrivati fin qui. Il DNA antico e la nuova scienza del passato dell'umanità
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Alcune impressionanti innovazioni tecnologiche permettono oggi di analizzare il DNA antico, facendoci comprendere, grazie soprattutto ai contributi di David Reich, che la genomica è uno strumento importante per conoscere le popolazioni passate. Reich spiega con chiarezza ed eleganza senza pari come il genoma umano contenga in sé la storia della nostra specie. Spiega inoltre come la rivoluzione del genoma e il DNA antico stiano trasformando la comprensione della genealogia degli esseri umani moderni e come gli studi sul DNA portino alla luce la storia remota della disuguaglianza, della diversità tra le differenti popolazioni, tra i sessi e tra i vari individui entro una popolazione. Il suo saggio smentisce il dogma in base al quale non ci sarebbero significative differenze biologiche tra le popolazioni umane, e al tempo stesso utilizza la prova definitiva fornita dalla genomica per dimostrare che molto probabilmente le differenze esistenti non si conformano agli stereotipi comuni.
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- Pagine: 403
- Data di uscita: 19-09-2019
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A book that catalogues the movement and migration of human populations and the current work being done in sequencing and analyzing ancient DNA. Someone recommended this to me and I really enjoyed it. I think it was accessible but also rigorous. It mostly was an overview of the research literature in Leggi tutto
We geneticists may be the barbarians coming late to the study of the human past, but it is always a bad idea to ignore barbarians. We have access to a type of data that no one has had before, and we are wielding these data to address previously unapproachable questions about who ancient peoples were Leggi tutto
This was the book that I wanted the last book I read on the topic to be. Concentrates on the science, lucidly written, although probably best not read when one is too fatigued or sleepy. Its explanations seem as simple as possible but no simpler, which I appreciate. This is a round-up of the most re Leggi tutto
This book offers readers a description about the human past that has been made possible by recent technological advances in genome research. By comparing whole genomes' worth of DNA from ancient humans of various degrees of antiquity together with the data analysis power of modern computers, a pictu Leggi tutto
The idea of an existence of a pure human race is scientifically dead. Geneticist, David Reich, discovers through the process of whole-genome sequencing that modern humans are a mixture of a variety of human species, where forty thousand years ago our planet was inhabited by multiple groups of archai Leggi tutto
David Reich is a Harvard educated geneticist with a keen interest in ancient DNA and how it relates to human migrations and the mixing of populations. Reich may write with the authority of an Ivy League intellectual, but he projects the enthusiasm of a child at christmas. It is that enthusiasm that p Leggi tutto
‘The speed at which the ancient DNA revolution is moving is exhilarating. The technology is evolving so quickly that many papers being published right now use methods that will be obsolete within a few years.’ Without having any special knowledge of genomics, anthropology or archeology, I am not wel Leggi tutto
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