LaluezaFox, Carles

Inequality

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ISBN 13:
9780262046787
author:
LaluezaFox, Carles
format:
Hardback
publisher:
MIT Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2022
Pages:
216
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.40 kg
Genre:
Science, Biology, Genetics & Genomics,
Condition:
New
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£19.20

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Hardcover: 192 pages (2022) Inequality: A Genetic History offers a new perspective on the subject of inequality, examining the genetic marks left by inequality on humans throughout history. Through DNA sequencing technologies, Carles Lalueza-Fox reveals layers of inequality in past societies, including patterns of migration and social structures. Ancient skeletons hold anonymous stories of inequality, bias, and suffering through their DNA. Lalueza-Fox explores ancestral shifts associated with migration, gender biases, and the inheritance of high social standing. By untangling social and genetic factors, he shows how wealth can influence reproduction and why we are more likely to be descended from a king than a peasant. Understanding past inequalities is key to understanding present ones. This book marshals a range of evidence to demonstrate the significance of studying inequality's deep history.

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