A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe

A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe

A radical retelling of humanity's restless, genetically mingled history based on the revolutionary science of archaeogenetics.

In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, director of the Max Planck Inst…

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