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Neanderthal man : in search of lost genomes / Svante Paabo.

by Paabo, Svante.

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Basic Books, c2014.

Human population genetics.

Human evolution.

9780465020836 (hc.)

0465020836 (hc.)

ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.

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.

"Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo’s mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal cousins. Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA."--Book jacket.

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