Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Paolo Menozzi

Alberto Piazza

L’opera fondamentale per chi vuole cominciare a capire il rapporto fra il nostro patrimonio genetico e la storia delle civiltà. «Questo è lo studio a tutt’oggi più completo delle variazioni genetiche umane, e getta le basi di ogni futura ricerca sull’antropologia genetica. Una straordinaria commistione di sintesi e analisi» «Science».

Storia e geografia dei geni umani

(Abridged paperback edition)

The History and Geography of Human Genes

Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations and devised a clock by which to date evolutionary history. This monumental work is now available in a more affordable paperback edition without the myriad illustrations and maps, but containing the full text and partial appendices of the authors' pathbreaking endeavor.

Abridged paperback Edition

Luca Cavalli-Sforza

By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of the genes, the scientists are now able to chart migrations and, in exploring genetic distance, devise a clock by which to date evolutionary history: the longer two populations are separated, the greater their genetic difference should be.

Alberto Piazza

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