Inequality
A Genetic History
$50.40
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
22 February 2022
Summary
Inequality is an urgent global concern, with pundits, politicians, academics, and best-selling books all taking up its causes and consequences. In Inequality, Carles Lalueza-Fox offers an entirely new perspective on the subject, examining the genetic marks left by inequality on humans throughout history. Lalueza-Fox describes genetic studies, made possible by novel DNA sequencing technologies, that reveal layers of inequality in past societies, manifested in patterns of migration, so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046787 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262046784 |
| Author: | Carles Lalueza-Fox |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 22 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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”[A] significant book” - Andrew Robinson, Nature
“[A] significant book”
– Andrew Robinson, Nature
About The Author
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox is Research Professor and Director of the Paleogenomics Lab at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra) in Barcelona. He participated in the Neandertal Genome Project and led the first retrieval of the genome of an 8,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer.
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