Promotional Information

Stone and Lurquin have written a book for readers drawn to the adventures at the frontiers we call science. Weaving together historical, scientific, and biographical details, they bring us the fascinating story of Cavalli-Sforza's contributions to genetics and anthropology. -- Joanna Mountain, Stanford University Rarely have we seen so careful and yet so revealing an exegesis ofan intellectual biography as we are given in this "Odyssey". Andwhat a man, what a journey-from genetics of bacteria to theintertwining of human genetic evolution, culture, and language; ofNature and Nurture; of DNA with human origins and migrations. No one in thebiological or human sciences can be anything but edified by this lucid and well-informed account. -- Joshua Lederberg, The Rockefeller University, 1958 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Science and Society, Genes and Culture 2. From Medicine to Bacterial Genetics (1943-1960) 3. The Shift to Human Populations (1952-1970) 4. Excursions into Human Culture (1970- ) 5. Genes, Languages, and Human Prehistory (1970- ) 6. On to DNA Polymorphisms and the Y Chromosome (1984- ) 7. The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991- ) 8. The Legacy Glossary References Index

About the Author

Linda Stone is professor of anthropology at Washington State University. She is the author of Gender and Culture in America (with Nancy P. McKee); Kinship and Gender: An Introduction; and Illness Beliefs and Feeding the Dead in Hindu Nepal. Paul Lurquin is professor of genetics at Washington State University. He is the author of several works, including The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants and Genes and DNA (with Charlotte Omoto). They live in Pullman, Washington.

Reviews

This fascinating little book demonstrates that Cavalli-Sforza has blazed a path well worth reading. -- Oren Solomon American Scientist As a renaissance scientist in the purist form... Cavalli-Sforza is a giant upon whom many scientists have stood... Highly recommended. Choice A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey is a wonderful journey through the life to date of a giant who is nearly glued to science. -- Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine