A troublesome inheritance : genes, race, and human history
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A troublesome inheritance : genes, race, and human history
AUTHOR:
Wade, Nicholas.
ISBN:
9781594206238
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
ABSTRACT:
Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story.
Evolution, race, and history -- Perversions of science -- Origins of human social nature -- The human experiment -- The genetics of race -- Societies and institutions -- The recasting of human nature -- Jewish adaptations -- The rise of the West -- Evolutionary perspectives on race.
SUBJECT:
| Human evolution. |
| Sociobiology. |
| Race. |
| Civilization, Western. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story.
Evolution, race, and history -- Perversions of science -- Origins of human social nature -- The human experiment -- The genetics of race -- Societies and institutions -- The recasting of human nature -- Jewish adaptations -- The rise of the West -- Evolutionary perspectives on race.