The invisible history of the human race : how DNA and history shape our identities and our futures / Christine Kenneally.

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Main Author: Kenneally, Christine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ideas about what is passed down are passed down. Do not ask what gets passed down ; The history of family history ; The worst idea in history ; The Reich Genealogical Authority
  • What is passed down? Silence ; Information ; Ideas and feelings ; The small grains of history ; DNA + culture ; Chunks of DNA ; The politics of DNA ; The history of the world
  • How what is passed down shapes bodies and minds. The past is written on your face : DNA, traits, and what we make of them ; The past may not make you feel better : DNA, history, and health.