Title
Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes / Svante Pääbo.
ISBN
9780465080687 (electronic book)
9780465020836
Published
New York, New York : Basic Books, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 275 pages)
Call Number
GN285 .P33 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
569.9/86
Summary
"What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo'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 Paabo, 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, Paabo 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
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.
