2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American geneticist at Harvard — who pioneered ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct human prehistory — author of Who We Are and How We Got Here — whose lab has produced more ancient DNA research than any other in the world.
David Reich's 2018 account of the ancient DNA revolution — demonstrating that human population history is characterized by large-scale migrations and population replacements that create the diversity we see today — covering the peopling of the Americas, the spread of Indo-European languages, and African population structure.