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🧪 Race And Genetics

Books that navigate the fraught intersection of genomics and racial identity, examining what DNA can and cannot tell us about human difference. These works demand scientific rigor and moral seriousness in equal measure.
How to Argue With a Racist
by Adam Rutherford • 2020
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
3.89
7k+
📊 Population Genetics🌳 Genetic Ancestry🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist 94%
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
by Adam Rutherford 2020
3.89
7k+ ratings
📊 Population Genetics🌳 Genetic Ancestry🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism
Everyone Is African
by Daniel J. Fairbanks • 2015
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
4.12
144
🧬 Human Genetics🔬 Scientific Racism🧬 Genetic Ancestry
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African 94%
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015
4.12
144 ratings
🧬 Human Genetics🔬 Scientific Racism🧬 Genetic Ancestry
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
by Adam Rutherford • 2016
The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.
4.03
12k+
🧬 Human Genetics🏺 Ancient DNA🌍 Human Origins
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived 92%
The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.
by Adam Rutherford 2016
4.03
12k+ ratings
🧬 Human Genetics🏺 Ancient DNA🌍 Human Origins
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
by Carl Zimmer • 2018
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
4.15
7k+
🧬 Genetics And Heredity🔬 History Of Science🌱 Nature And Nurture
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh 92%
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
by Carl Zimmer 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧬 Genetics And Heredity🔬 History Of Science🌱 Nature And Nurture
The Invisible History of the Human Race
by Christine Kenneally • 2014
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
3.81
2k+
🧬 Human Genetics🗺️ Genetic Ancestry📜 Genealogy Studies
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race 91%
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
by Christine Kenneally 2014
3.81
2k+ ratings
🧬 Human Genetics🗺️ Genetic Ancestry📜 Genealogy Studies
The Genetic Lottery
by Kathryn Paige Harden • 2021
Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.
3.89
2k+
🧬 Behavior Genetics⚖️ Social Inequality🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery 91%
Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021
3.89
2k+ ratings
🧬 Behavior Genetics⚖️ Social Inequality🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The Gene
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2016
From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.
4.35
56k+
🧬 History Of Genetics⚠️ Eugenics History🗺️ Human Genome Project
The Gene Summary
The Gene 91%
From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016
4.35
56k+ ratings
🧬 History Of Genetics⚠️ Eugenics History🗺️ Human Genome Project
Searching for God Knows What
by Donald Miller • 2004
Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.
3.91
27k+
🔬 Scientific Racism🧪 Eugenics Movement🧬 Biological Determinism
Searching for God Knows What Summary
Searching for God Knows What 91%
Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.
by Donald Miller 2004
3.91
27k+ ratings
🔬 Scientific Racism🧪 Eugenics Movement🧬 Biological Determinism
DNA
by James D. Watson • 2002
DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.
4.11
3k+
🧬 Molecular Biology✂️ Genetic Engineering📜 History Of Genetics
DNA Summary
DNA 91%
DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.
by James D. Watson 2002
4.11
3k+ ratings
🧬 Molecular Biology✂️ Genetic Engineering📜 History Of Genetics
The 10000 Year Explosion
by Gregory Cochran • 2009
Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.
3.94
2k+
🧬 Human Evolution🧫 Population Genetics🌾 Agricultural Revolution
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion 91%
Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.
by Gregory Cochran 2009
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧫 Population Genetics🌾 Agricultural Revolution
The Myth of Race
by Robert Wald Sussman • 2014
Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.
4.02
484
🔬 History Of Science🧬 Scientific Racism🧪 Biological Determinism
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race 91%
Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014
4.02
484 ratings
🔬 History Of Science🧬 Scientific Racism🧪 Biological Determinism
Blueprint
by Robert Plomin • 2018
The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.
3.94
2k+
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧪 Nature Vs Nurture🔮 Genetic Prediction
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint 90%
The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.
by Robert Plomin 2018
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧪 Nature Vs Nurture🔮 Genetic Prediction
The Mismeasure of Man
by Stephen Jay Gould • 1982
Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.
4.06
9k+
📜 History Of Science🧬 Biological Determinism📏 Scientific Racism
The Mismeasure of Man Summary
The Mismeasure of Man 90%
Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.
by Stephen Jay Gould 1982
4.06
9k+ ratings
📜 History Of Science🧬 Biological Determinism📏 Scientific Racism
Medical Apartheid
by Harriet A. Washington • 2007
Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.
4.43
10k+
🏥 Medical History🩺 Medical Racism🧬 Scientific Racism
Medical Apartheid Summary
Medical Apartheid 90%
Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.
by Harriet A. Washington 2007
4.43
10k+ ratings
🏥 Medical History🩺 Medical Racism🧬 Scientific Racism
Ancestors
by Pierre Zalloua • 2025
Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.
3.74
80
🧬 Population Genetics🦍 Human Evolution🏛️ Levantine History
Ancestors Summary
Ancestors 90%
Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.
by Pierre Zalloua 2025
3.74
80 ratings
🧬 Population Genetics🦍 Human Evolution🏛️ Levantine History
The Ethnic Phenomenon
by Pierre L. van den Berghe • 1981
Ethnic groups are extended families. The biology of nepotism powers prejudice and empire.
4.34
47
🧬 Sociobiology⚔️ Ethnic Conflict🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
The Ethnic Phenomenon Summary
The Ethnic Phenomenon 90%
Ethnic groups are extended families. The biology of nepotism powers prejudice and empire.
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1981
4.34
47 ratings
🧬 Sociobiology⚔️ Ethnic Conflict🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Beyond Genetics
by Glenn McGee • 2004
DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.
3.60
5
🧬 Genomics⚖️ Bioethics🔬 Genetic Testing
Beyond Genetics Summary
Beyond Genetics 90%
DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.
by Glenn McGee 2004
3.60
5 ratings
🧬 Genomics⚖️ Bioethics🔬 Genetic Testing
Genome
by Matt Ridley • 1999
What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.
4.06
28k+
🧬 Molecular Genetics🗺️ Genomics🌿 Evolutionary Biology
Genome Summary
Genome 90%
What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.
by Matt Ridley 1999
4.06
28k+ ratings
🧬 Molecular Genetics🗺️ Genomics🌿 Evolutionary Biology
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot • 2010
Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.
4.13
812k+
🏥 Medical Ethics🩺 Medical Racism🔬 Cellular Biology
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 90%
Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.
by Rebecca Skloot 2010
4.13
812k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Ethics🩺 Medical Racism🔬 Cellular Biology
Creating a New Racial Order
by Jennifer L. Hochschild • 2012
Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.
3.37
19
🏗️ Racial Formation🧩 Multiracial Identity🧬 Genomics And Race
Creating a New Racial Order Summary
Creating a New Racial Order 90%
Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.
by Jennifer L. Hochschild 2012
3.37
19 ratings
🏗️ Racial Formation🧩 Multiracial Identity🧬 Genomics And Race
Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams • 2019
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
4.03
2k+
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White 90%
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019
4.03
2k+ ratings
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate
Hacking Darwin
by Jamie Metzl • 2019
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
3.97
4k+
🧬 Genetic Engineering✂️ Gene Editing⏳ Longevity Science
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin 90%
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
by Jamie Metzl 2019
3.97
4k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Engineering✂️ Gene Editing⏳ Longevity Science
Who We Are and How We Got Here
by David Reich • 2018
Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.
4.14
6k+
🧬 Ancient Dna🏺 Human Prehistory🤝 Population Admixture
Who We Are and How We Got Here Summary
Who We Are and How We Got Here 90%
Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.
by David Reich 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
🧬 Ancient Dna🏺 Human Prehistory🤝 Population Admixture
Altered Inheritance
by Françoise Baylis • 2019
We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.
3.53
94
🧬 Genome Editing⚖️ Bioethics🏛️ Science Policy
Altered Inheritance Summary
Altered Inheritance 90%
We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.
by Françoise Baylis 2019
3.53
94 ratings
🧬 Genome Editing⚖️ Bioethics🏛️ Science Policy
Mutants
by Armand Marie Leroi • 2003
The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.
4.05
4k+
🔬 Developmental Biology🧬 Human Genetics🔀 Genetic Mutations
Mutants Summary
Mutants 90%
The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003
4.05
4k+ ratings
🔬 Developmental Biology🧬 Human Genetics🔀 Genetic Mutations
Weathering
by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023
Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.
4.22
640
🏥 Health Equity🩺 Medical Racism🧬 Stress Physiology
Weathering Summary
Weathering 90%
Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.
by Arline T. Geronimus 2023
4.22
640 ratings
🏥 Health Equity🩺 Medical Racism🧬 Stress Physiology
The Code Breaker
by Walter Isaacson • 2021
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
4.28
42k+
🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker 90%
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
by Walter Isaacson 2021
4.28
42k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
The Great Demographic Illusion
by Richard Alba • 2020
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
4.03
38
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
The Great Demographic Illusion Summary
The Great Demographic Illusion 89%
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
by Richard Alba 2020
4.03
38 ratings
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
War Against the Weak
by Edwin Black • 2003
Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.
4.23
1k+
🧬 Eugenics History🧪 Scientific Racism⚖️ Forced Sterilization
War Against the Weak Summary
War Against the Weak 89%
Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.
by Edwin Black 2003
4.23
1k+ ratings
🧬 Eugenics History🧪 Scientific Racism⚖️ Forced Sterilization
The Guarded Gate
by Daniel Okrent • 2019
How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.
4.05
896
🛂 Immigration Policy⚗️ American Eugenics📏 Scientific Racism
The Guarded Gate Summary
The Guarded Gate 89%
How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.
by Daniel Okrent 2019
4.05
896 ratings
🛂 Immigration Policy⚗️ American Eugenics📏 Scientific Racism
The White Man's Burden
by Winthrop D. Jordan • 1974
Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.
3.89
186
🇺🇸 American Racism⛓️ History Of Slavery🔬 Scientific Racism
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 89%
Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.
by Winthrop D. Jordan 1974
3.89
186 ratings
🇺🇸 American Racism⛓️ History Of Slavery🔬 Scientific Racism
The Sports Gene
by David Epstein • 2013
Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.
4.20
17k+
🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🏃 Sports Science💪 Exercise Physiology
The Sports Gene Summary
The Sports Gene 89%
Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.
by David Epstein 2013
4.20
17k+ ratings
🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🏃 Sports Science💪 Exercise Physiology
When Race Trumps Merit
by Heather Mac Donald • 2023
When racial equity demands lowering standards, medicine suffers, art crumbles, and crime surges.
4.36
552
🏛️ Affirmative Action📊 Racial Disparities⚖️ Diversity Debate
When Race Trumps Merit Summary
When Race Trumps Merit 89%
When racial equity demands lowering standards, medicine suffers, art crumbles, and crime surges.
by Heather Mac Donald 2023
4.36
552 ratings
🏛️ Affirmative Action📊 Racial Disparities⚖️ Diversity Debate
The End of Race Politics
by Coleman Hughes • 2024
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
4.38
2k+
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities
The End of Race Politics Summary
The End of Race Politics 89%
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
by Coleman Hughes 2024
4.38
2k+ ratings
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
by Agustín Fuentes • 2008
Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.
3.72
281
🧬 Biological Anthropology🌱 Nature Vs Nurture🏗️ Social Construction
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You Summary
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You 89%
Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.
by Agustín Fuentes 2008
3.72
281 ratings
🧬 Biological Anthropology🌱 Nature Vs Nurture🏗️ Social Construction
Race and Racism
by Pierre L. van den Berghe • 1967
Two regimes of race relations: one intimate, one competitive. The economic logic behind the change.
4.07
15
🌍 Race Relations🧬 Race As Social Construct🔬 Comparative Sociology
Race and Racism Summary
Race and Racism 89%
Two regimes of race relations: one intimate, one competitive. The economic logic behind the change.
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1967
4.07
15 ratings
🌍 Race Relations🧬 Race As Social Construct🔬 Comparative Sociology
Whiteness of a Different Color
by Matthew Frye Jacobson • 1998
The Irish, Jews, and Italians were not white until politics, law, and war made them so.
4.03
732
🏳️ Whiteness Studies🧳 Immigration History⚖️ Critical Race Theory
Whiteness of a Different Color Summary
Whiteness of a Different Color 89%
The Irish, Jews, and Italians were not white until politics, law, and war made them so.
by Matthew Frye Jacobson 1998
4.03
732 ratings
🏳️ Whiteness Studies🧳 Immigration History⚖️ Critical Race Theory
The Development Psychology of the Black Child
by Amos N. Wilson • 1978
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
4.61
89
🧠 Black Psychology👶 Child Development🪞 Racial Identity
The Development Psychology of the Black Child Summary
The Development Psychology of the Black Child 89%
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
by Amos N. Wilson 1978
4.61
89 ratings
🧠 Black Psychology👶 Child Development🪞 Racial Identity
Racism
by George M. Fredrickson • 2002
Racism isn't eternal: it was invented in the West around the 1400s, and this is its biography.
3.77
662
🏛️ Intellectual History🧬 Scientific Racism🏴 White Supremacy
Racism Summary
Racism 89%
Racism isn't eternal: it was invented in the West around the 1400s, and this is its biography.
by George M. Fredrickson 2002
3.77
662 ratings
🏛️ Intellectual History🧬 Scientific Racism🏴 White Supremacy
The Case against Perfection
by Michael J. Sandel • 2007
Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.
3.83
2k+
🧬 Bioethics🧫 Genetic Engineering🧪 Human Enhancement
The Case against Perfection Summary
The Case against Perfection 89%
Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.
by Michael J. Sandel 2007
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Bioethics🧫 Genetic Engineering🧪 Human Enhancement
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
by George Lipsitz • 1998
Racial inequality is the return on a system that turned whiteness into a wealth-building asset.
4.22
867
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🤍 Whiteness Studies💰 Racial Wealth Gap
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness 89%
Racial inequality is the return on a system that turned whiteness into a wealth-building asset.
by George Lipsitz 1998
4.22
867 ratings
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🤍 Whiteness Studies💰 Racial Wealth Gap
Identically Different
by Tim Spector • 2012
Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.
3.73
458
🧬 Epigenetics🧠 Behavioral Genetics👯 Twin Studies
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different 89%
Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.
by Tim Spector 2012
3.73
458 ratings
🧬 Epigenetics🧠 Behavioral Genetics👯 Twin Studies
The Black Imagination
by Sandra Jackson • 2010
Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.
4.33
12
🚀 Afrofuturism📚 Black Speculative Fiction🧬 Race In Science Fiction
The Black Imagination Summary
The Black Imagination 89%
Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.
by Sandra Jackson 2010
4.33
12 ratings
🚀 Afrofuturism📚 Black Speculative Fiction🧬 Race In Science Fiction
White Borders
by Reece Jones • 2021
Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.
4.20
140
📋 Immigration Policy🚫 American Nativism🚧 Racial Exclusion
White Borders Summary
White Borders 89%
Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.
by Reece Jones 2021
4.20
140 ratings
📋 Immigration Policy🚫 American Nativism🚧 Racial Exclusion
Testosterone
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019
Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.
4.06
320
🔬 Science Studies♀️ Feminist Science🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone 89%
Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019
4.06
320 ratings
🔬 Science Studies♀️ Feminist Science🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science
Innate
by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018
Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.
4.14
691
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Nature Versus Nurture
Innate Summary
Innate 89%
Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.
by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018
4.14
691 ratings
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Nature Versus Nurture
Nature Via Nurture
by Matt Ridley • 2003
Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.
4.06
4k+
🧬 Epigenetics🧬 Behavioral Genetics🌍 Human Universals
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture 89%
Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.
by Matt Ridley 2003
4.06
4k+ ratings
🧬 Epigenetics🧬 Behavioral Genetics🌍 Human Universals
A Crack in Creation
by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
4.13
7k+
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation 89%
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017
4.13
7k+ ratings
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
Making Americans
by Desmond King • 2000
How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.
3.17
12
🛂 Immigration Policy🇺🇸 American Nationalism🧬 Racial Formation
Making Americans Summary
Making Americans 89%
How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.
by Desmond King 2000
3.17
12 ratings
🛂 Immigration Policy🇺🇸 American Nationalism🧬 Racial Formation
Our Kind
by Marvin Harris • 1989
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
4.17
672
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind 89%
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
by Marvin Harris 1989
4.17
672 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution
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