Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

David Reich examines how the recovery and sequencing of ancient DNA has transformed the study of human history. The book explains what genomic evidence reveals about early human populations, migration, mixture among groups, and the ancestry of present-day people across Europe, India, the Americas, East Asia, and Africa. Reich also considers the implications of this research for ideas about race, identity, inequality, and the future of genetic research.

by David Reich

Pantheon Books · First published 2018 · 335 pages