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Science 2 August 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5582, p. 775
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074083
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HUMAN GENETICS:
Moving and Mixing

A review by Linda Vigilant

Mapping Human History Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
Steve Olson
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 2002. 302 pp. $25. ISBN 0-618-09157-2.

Drawing on findings from molecular studies, Olson offers a popular account of the genealogy of extant humans and the role of historical accidents in producing the current diversity of peoples.
The author is at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: vigilant{at}eva.mpg.de

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