You: A Natural History

by William B. Irvine

Book Overview

What are you? Obviously, you are a person with human ancestors that can be plotted on a family tree, but you have other identities as well. According to evolutionary biologists, you are a member of the species Homo sapiens and as such have ancestral species that can be plotted on the tree of life. According to microbiologists, you are a collection of cells, each of which has a cellular ancestry that goes back billions of years. A geneticist, though,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190869194
• ISBN13: 9780190869199
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"