Who we are and how we got here: ancient DNA and the new science of the human past

Introduction

Part I. The deep history of our species. How the genome explains who we are ; Encounters with Neanderthals ; Ancient DNA opens the floodgates

Part II. How we got to where we are today. Humanity's ghosts ; The making of modern Europe ; The collision that formed India ; In search of Native American ancestors ; The genomic origins of East Asians ; Rejoining Africa to the human story

Part III. The disruptive genome. The genomics of inequality ; The genomics of race and identity ; The future of ancient DNA.

Introduction

Part one: The deep history of our species (1. How the genome explains who we are ; 2. Encounters with Neanderthals ; 3. Ancient DNA opens the floodgates)

Part two: How we got to where we are today (4. Huamnity's ghosts ; 5. The making of modern Europe ; 6. The collision that formed India ; 7. In search of Native American ancestors ; 8. The genomic origins of East Asians ; 9. Rejoining Africa to the human story)

Part three: The disruptive genome (10. The genomics of inequality ; 11. The genomics of race and identity ; 12. The future of ancient DNA)