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Origin (Hardcover)
Jeniffer Raff
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From celebrated
anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story--and
fascinating mystery--of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN
is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and
why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they
lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete
genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
throughout North and South America, and a glimpse into how the
tools of genetics reveal details about human history and evolution.
20,000 years ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia
into Western Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now
called the Americas. Until we venture out to other worlds, this
remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new
place, and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and
controversy. No written records--and scant archaeological
evidence--exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Many
different models have been proposed to explain how the Americas
were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that
followed. A study of both past and present, ORIGIN explores how
genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that
profoundly impact Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It serves as
a primer for anyone interested in how genetics has become entangled
with identity in the way that society addresses the question "Who
is indigenous?"
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