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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
A book very respectful of Indigenous peoples and chronicles how science has harmed those cultures and how some scientists are becoming more respectful and working with tribes to help untangle the history of the peopling of the Americas. It’s about the past and how we got here and how we might move forward. The author acknowledges she is non-native.
adventurous
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mysterious
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informative
reflective
medium-paced
Compelling read about the peopling of North America marrying archaeology, anthropology, genetics, bioethics, and native voices.
i think this one was recommended in a youtube video from either Stephan Milo (most likely) or Milo Rossi (less likely) and was incredibly informative, a bit dry, which i suppose is expected, and occasionally difficult to understand between all of the dates, and i wish the sidebars were done differently (when im reading the physical book i can interpret a sentence to read a footnote, and then go back, but when listening the interruptions become very confusing)
It’s unconscionable that the fields of archeology and genetics don’t regularly work together, but here we are. Origin is a remarkably attuned and respectful read that plainly connects the genetics of the first peoples of the Americas and Caribbean. Most of the seems to be a “behind the veil” how-to-genetic and a proctor on culturally-sensitive genetics and archaeology. Although, on the whole, Origin offers thoughtful evidence of waves of multi-directional and modality migrations to what is now regarded as the Americas.
Full of information. I really wish she had lead the book with the discussion about tribal sovereignty, dna testing and pretensions, etc, rather than saving it for the end. I feel like that’s an important baseline to keep in mind throughout rather than introducing those concepts late in the game.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
