Reviews

Written with much verve, easy to read, and up-to-date on many important developments. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Stanford University, author of The History and Geography of Human Genes and Genes, Peoples, and Languages "Spencer Wells, whose genetic work has contributed to our understanding of human prehistory, has provided an account of the spread and mixing of the human species from its origin in Africa that is both scientifically accurate and accessible to the nonscientist. Richard Lewontin, Harvard University, author of It Ain t Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions Wells traces our distant history with a mix of clarity and charm that s rare among scientists. He makes the complexities of population genetics wonderfully clear. The New York Times Book Review"