A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford

'A rollercoaster tour of human history and evolution. 'Rutherford manages to reveal fresh (and controversial) assessments of human history and dispel long-held beliefs with clarity, enthusiasm and humor.'- Shelf Awareness Jennifer Ouellette, author of Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self ' A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived is equal parts informative, engaging, and frequently surprising-a must-read for fans of big-picture popular science.'

Often quirky but thoughtful-solid popular science.'- Kirkus Reviews

'An enthusiastic history of mankind in which DNA plays a far greater role than the traditional 'bones and stones' approach, followed by a hopeful if cautionary account of what the recent revolution in genomics foretells. 'Provides a good survey of the science of genomics and how it's changing the story of human evolution.'- Forbes ' head-on, humane approach to such charged and misunderstood topics as intelligence and race make this an indispensable contribution to the popular science genre.'- Apple's iBooks Best Book of September 2017 'Adam Rutherford's A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived is the book we need.'- PZ Myers 'Genetics is opening up the past as never before-Adam Rutherford puts the genes in genealogy brilliantly.'- Matt Ridley Rutherford, a British geneticist and journalist, presents a great survey of this fast-moving field.'- Carl Zimmer 'One of my big obsessions as a reporter is our expanding understanding of our genetic history, thanks to incredible advances like sequencing Neanderthal genomes. What's more important, he consistently gets it right.'- Richard Dawkins 'Adam Rutherford's book is well-written, stimulating, and entertaining. will change the way you think about human evolution.'- Newsday 'A shining example of science writing at its best. 'Rutherford unpeels the science with elegance.'- Nature 'A sweeping new view of the human evolution story, using the latest science of DNA as the central guide. 'Rutherford raises significant questions and explains complex topics well, engaging readers with humor and smooth prose.'- Publishers Weekly, starred review 'An effervescent work, brimming with tales and confounding ideas carried in the 'epic poem in our cells.' '- Guardian proves an enthusiastic guide and a good storyteller.'- The Wall Street Journal This enjoyable book has a great deal to say about our genetic code-or, more precisely, about how our knowledge of genetics is misused and misconstrued.

Winner of the 2018 Thomas Bonner Book Prize

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford