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Who We Are And How We Got Here: by David Reich | Conversation Starters
Who We Are And How We Got Here is an unprecedented study of the ancient DNA that revolutionizes our perception of our origins as a species. Author David Reich takes the readers to discover how the human genome unlocks the hidden history of the homo sapiens.
The Wall Street Journal described Who We Are and How We Got Here a “potential political bombshell.” The New York Times recognized the tedious work Reich has put in his studies and says that his work in his lab “has reshaped our understanding of human prehistory.” Jared Diamond of The New York Times Book Review writes that Reich’s Who We Are and How We Got Here is “the best up-to-date account” of human origins over the course of the last 100,000 years.
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Who We Are And How We Got Here is an unprecedented study of the ancient DNA that revolutionizes our perception of our origins as a species. Author David Reich takes the readers to discover how the human genome unlocks the hidden history of the homo sapiens.
The Wall Street Journal described Who We Are and How We Got Here a “potential political bombshell.” The New York Times recognized the tedious work Reich has put in his studies and says that his work in his lab “has reshaped our understanding of human prehistory.” Jared Diamond of The New York Times Book Review writes that Reich’s Who We Are and How We Got Here is “the best up-to-date account” of human origins over the course of the last 100,000 years.
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
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