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Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes
- Title
- Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes / Svante Pääbo.
- Author
- Pääbo, Svante
- Publication
- New York, New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
- ©2015
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- Description
- xi, 275 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer that question, beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in his sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2009. From Pääbo, we learn how Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominin relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct. Drawing on genetic and fossil clues, Pääbo explores what is known about the origin of modern humans and their relationship to the Neanderthals and describes the fierce debate surrounding the nature of the two species' interactions. A riveting story about a visionary researcher and the nature of scientific inquiry, Neanderthal Man offers rich insight into the fundamental question of who we are"-- Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- In search of lost genomes
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Neanderthal ex machina -- Mummies and molecules -- Amplifying the past -- Dinosaurs in the lab -- Human frustrations -- Croatian connection -- New home -- Multiregional controversies -- Nuclear tests -- Going nuclear -- Starting the Genome Project -- Hard bones -- Devil in the details -- Mapping the genome -- From bones to genome -- Gene flow? -- First Insights -- Gene flow! -- Replacement crowd -- Human essence? -- Publishing the genome -- Very unusual finger -- Neanderthal relative -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-4094
- ISBN
- 0465054951
- 9780465054954
- LCCN
- 9780465054954
- OCLC
- 888557075
- Author
- Pääbo, Svante, author.
- Title
- Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes / Svante Pääbo.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780465054954
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-4094