A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED : THE HUMAN STORY RETOLD THROUGH OUR GENES

u003cbu003eNational Book Critics Circle Award—2017 Nonfiction Finalistu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e “u003cbu003eNothing less than a tour de force—a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling.”—u003ciu003eThe New York Times Book Review, u003c/iu003eEditor's Choiceu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eA National Geographicu003c/iu003e Best Book of 2017u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and u003ciu003ea lotu003c/iu003e of sex.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e But those stories have always been locked away—until now.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely rewriting the human story—from 100,000 years ago to the present.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eA Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Livedu003c/iu003e will upend your thinking on Neanderthals, evolution, royalty, race, and even redheads. (For example, we now know that at least four human species once roamed the earth.) Plus, here is the remarkable, controversial story of how our genes made their way to the Americas—one that’s still being written, as ever more of us have our DNA sequenced.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Rutherford closes with “A Short Introduction to the Future of Humankind,” filled with provocative questions that we’re on the cusp of answering: Are we still in the grasp of natural selection? Are we evolving for better or worse? And . . . where do we go from here?