The Genome factor : what the social genomics revolution reveals about ourselves, our history, and the future / Dalton Conley and Jason Fletcher.

By:

Conley, Dalton, 1969-

Contributor(s):

Fletcher, Jason

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017Description: x, 282p. ; 25cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780691164748 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

576.5 CON 22

LOC classification:

QH438.7 .C656 2017

Other classification:

SOC026000 | SCI029000 | SOC057000

Summary: This book describes the latest astonishing discoveries being made at the scientific frontier where genomics and the social sciences intersect. It reveals that there are real genetic differences by racial ancestry--but ones that don't conform to what we call black, white, or Latino.The book shows how genomics is transforming the social sciences--and how social scientists are integrating both nature and nurture into a unified, comprehensive understanding of human behavior at both the individual and society-wide levels.

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Includes index.

This book describes the latest astonishing discoveries being made at the scientific frontier where genomics and the social sciences intersect. It reveals that there are real genetic differences by racial ancestry--but ones that don't conform to what we call black, white, or Latino.The book shows how genomics is transforming the social sciences--and how social scientists are integrating both nature and nurture into a unified, comprehensive understanding of human behavior at both the individual and society-wide levels.

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