A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

De: Adam Rutherford

Narrado por: 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

Thought provoking and interesting

I enjoyed this listen. The topic is of great interest to me and was easy to understand so anyone would enjoy it. It always interests me to think about who I am and how I came to be. When I stop and think about my past generations and how I am the total sum of those generations, I find it profounding. This audiobook goes into some of how I became me.

Excellent

Excellent book. Don’t get lost in the genetics foray when the book is 65-70% complete, it’s worth pushing through to the end

I work in gene therapy and I liked it.

I thought this was a wonderful layman's presentation of evolution, genetics, and how this applies to us. The analogies were appropriate and weren't a stretch in my opponion. Adam Rutherford is a good narrator with enough inflection to keep the read interesting without feeling forced. Though I'm in the field, the field is very broad and when you are I the biological weeds you don't necessarily apply other philosophies. His rather broad coverage taught me historical and statisticals aspects I didn't know and made me think about humans in ways I had not before.

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.

SEX

This book is interestig and has a lot of good factual information. My only complaint is the author's use of the word 'sex'. You'll notice that it's very reminiscent of how a teenage boy might use the word. It's kind of immature, and used in a way that's meant to shock and awe. Unfortunately, it just feels weird.
"Neanderthals and homosapiens had ... SEX". 🙊 "A LOT of SEX "

Maybe the author grew up in a home where you weren't allowed to say that word, and he's getting it out of his system now.

A good review of where we are in genetics

A good review of where we are in genetics for the layperson. It reads more like a current event piece for the different divisions of genetics and how they are connected and what they still have to offer, than a history book. Adam is a wonderful narrator; very easy on the ears and even out-loud funny at times. He's obviously a natural teacher.