Olson traveled through four continents to gather insights into the development of humans for this sweeping history of humanity based on a new understanding of g

Until just a few years ago, we knew surprisingly little about the 150,000 or so years of human existence before the advent of writing. Some of the most momentou

Earlier edition has subtitle : Discovering the past through our genes.

The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeo