ORIGIN: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff tells the tale of who the earliest peoples in the Americas were, how and why they crossed the Atlantic, how and why they moved south, and how they lived, using a new and powerful type of evidence: their whole genomes.
ORIGIN gives a broad review of these new histories from North and South America, as well as a look at how genetics can provide information about human history and evolution.
ORIGIN is a historical and contemporary investigation of how genetics is presently being utilized to generate myths that have a significant influence on Indigenous peoples in the Americas. It serves as a primer for anybody interested in how genetics has gotten intertwined with identity in society's response to the question of "Who is indigenous?"
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