Genes, Peoples and Languages

By Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Mark Seielstad (translator),

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Historians relying on written records can tell us nothing about the 99.9% of human evolution which preceded the invention of writing. It is the study of genetic variation, backed up by language and archaeology, which provides concrete evidence aboutthe spread of farming, the movements of peoples across the globe, the…

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I find crucial the main message of this book: Human evolution is unity in diversity.

I love the story of how the wonderful diversity of the world's cultures and languages, many of which are now extinct or threatened, radiated from a handful of African pioneers. In Homo sapiens, races do not exist. And for me, that's good.

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