Identity
What DNA Can Tell Us About Ourselves
$96.18
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2025
Summary
How genetics can provide novel, fascinating, and objective data on human identity-when identity has never been more important.
Our identity, both personal and collective, is a fluid and complex narrative often rooted in the past. This past can now be explored with new technological developments; in the last few years, more than 12,000 ancient human genomes have been retrieved. At the same time, ancestry test companies are building conceptions on our identity based on genetic data from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553223 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553228 |
| Author: | Carles Lalueza-Fox |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox is a leading research expert on the retrieval and analysis of ancient genomes, including extinct hominins, past human populations and pathogens. He is Director of the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona and the author of Inequality (MIT Press).
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