The Human Story Behind Our Genes
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English - May 25, 2018 09:30 - 18 minutes - 21.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsNews boston innovation inventions entrepreneurs business economy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As scientists apply our new understanding of the human genome to genetics, we’re getting answers to big-picture questions about our species. What is race? How did humanity spread around the globe? How should we pick a mate (genetically speaking)? We talk with Adam Rutherford, geneticist and author of “A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes,” about the history of our genes, and what they reveal about our species.