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Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes /

"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...

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Main Authors: Pääbo, Svante. (Author)
Published: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Neanderthals.
Human population genetics.
Genome analysis.
Neanderthals > genetics.
Base Sequence > genetics.
Biological Evolution.
Genome, Human.
Human Genome Project.
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.
Carrier Form: ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780465020836 (hardback) :
0465020836 (hardback)
Index Number: GN285
CLC: Q981.5
Call Number: Q981.5/P111
Contents: Neanderthal ex machina -- Mummies and molecules -- Amplifying the past -- Dinosaurs in the lab -- Human frustrations -- A Croatian connection -- A new home -- Multiregional controversies -- Nuclear tests -- Going nuclear -- Starting the genome project -- Hard bones -- The devil in the details -- Mapping the genome -- From bones to genome -- Gene flow? -- First insights -- Gene flow! -- The replacement crowd -- Human essence? -- Publishing the genome -- A very unusual finger -- A Neanderthal relative.

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