Who we are and how we got here: ancient DNA and the new science of the human past

Introduction

Part I: The deep history of our species

How the genome explains who we are

Encounters the Neanderthals

Ancient DNA opens the floodgates

Part II: How we got to where we are today

Humanity's ghosts

The making of modern Europe

The collision that formed India

In search of Native American ancestors

The genomic origins of East Asians

Rejoining Africa to the human story

Part III: The disruptive genome

The genomics of inequality

The genomics of race and identity

The future of ancient DNA.

Introduction

Part I. The deep history of our species. How the genome explains who we are ; Encounters with Neanderthals ; Ancient DNA opens the floodgates

Part II. How we got to where we are today. Humanity's ghosts ; The making of modern Europe ; The collision that formed India ; In search of Native American ancestors ; The genomic origins of East Asians ; Rejoining Africa to the human story

Part III. The disruptive genome. The genomics of inequality ; The genomics of race and identity ; The future of ancient DNA.