A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford - Non Fiction - Paperback

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Details. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781780229072. Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Orion Publishing). Overview. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived is Adam Rutherford's captivating exploration of what our DNA reveals about the shared story of humanity. Blending cutting-edge genetics with history, this bestselling popular science title traces migration, disease, war, and love through the code written into every cell. Accessible, witty, and endlessly fascinating, it is essential reading for anyone curious about where we come from and what makes us human.. About the Book. Every human genome is a record of an extraordinary journey. In this book, geneticist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford takes readers on a tour through the expanding landscape of genetic science, showing how our genes encode the history of our species: births, deaths, disease, famine, migration, and countless generations of reproduction. Rutherford examines what genetics can tell us about Neanderthals, redheads, murder investigations, dead kings, plagues, and the concept of race, while also demonstrating what history can teach us about the science of genes. Rather than a dry scientific treatise, the book reads as a lively detective story, unpicking myths and misconceptions along the way — including popular but flawed claims about ancestry, royal bloodlines, and genetic destiny. Rutherford's central message is that while DNA carries an astonishing amount of information about our species as a whole, it says far less about any one of us as individuals than commercial ancestry tests might suggest. The result is a demystifying, deeply researched, and often very funny account of human origins, ideal for readers of popular science, history, and anyone who has ever wondered about their own family's deep past. It has been widely praised as one of the standout science books of its year, combining rigorous research with Rutherford's engaging, conversational style honed through years of