A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

By: Adam Rutherford

Narrated by: Adam Rutherford

A National Geographic Best Book of the Year  

In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. 

But those stories have always been locked away - until now. 

Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has completely upended what we thought we knew about ourselves. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely rewriting the human story - from 100,000 years ago to the present.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 

©2016 Adam Rutherford (P)2018 Tantor

Sit back and listen to the sweep of human history

Rutherford does a great job of summing up the pieces of human biological history. He weaves together lots of facts and observations that add to a detailed picture of the sweep and pageantry.

makes me want to take the plunge

this bòok is a great listen... this teacher pushes you to want to know more about human biology.

Informative and fascinating!

I loved this book. The author/narrator took a topic that could easily have been dry and boring and put a fresh and relatable spin on it. The information was presented in layman's terms, but did not feel dumbed down. I learned a lot and would recommend.

Excellent and Profoundly Interesting

I heartily recommend this work. The author is a master of explaining the difficult and is pretty humorous to boot.

Wonderful

It’s been a while since I listened to a scientific audiobook but as always Adam Rutherford managed to outdo himself and increased my hunger for knowledge. I’m starting another book immediately.