
Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past through Our Genes
Steve Olson
#2163 of 3,809 books · #226 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2002).
This work follows 150,000 years of human history, tracing the origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. Maps throughout.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9780747561743
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2002)
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