Deep Ancestry, 2nd Edition : How DNA Reveals the Roots of Your Family Tree (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from Oreillynsf

A great layperson's view of the incredible genome project undertaken by Nat Geo and an incredibly talented group of scientists. I've seen Spencer Wells in person, and i think the only thing he does better than lecture is write. He makes a fabulously complicated scientific discipline fascinating, ...

from MelanieL

Fascinating read! A nice reminder of concepts learned in high-school, as well as linking them to the possiblility of tracing genetic markers to our very first ancestors and their migratory routes. Well written, in a conversational tone and relatively easy to follow. I'm now eager to submit my own...

from name99

Another "good, but" book. It covers the same territory as Luca Cavalli-Sforza, but is more up-to-date. Along with that, the explanations of how the raw data being gathered is converted into historical trees and putative maps of movements is not bad. That's the good news. The bad news is that it r...

from MedeaMoon

A pretty good read, full of information that is easy to digest. The author gives good technical information presented in an approachable manner without being condescending. The true life stories about some of the subjects of the project give the book an authenticity that gets people interested in...

from Stbalbach

"Deep Ancestry" is a sort of simplified version of "The Journey of Man" which is a classic. Although many of the details were new, details which I will forget, the concepts are the same, no new ideas. Given all the recent controversy of Genographic Project with indigenous peoples, in particular A...