Spencer Wells (1) (1969–)

Auteur van The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey

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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (2002) 618 exemplaren

Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project (2006) 448 exemplaren

De akkers van Pandora (2010) 320 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam: Wells, Spencer
Geboortedatum: 1969-04-06
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Marietta, Georgia, USA
Woonplaatsen: Washington, D.C., USA
Lubbock, Texas, USA
East Anglia, England, UK
Opleiding: University of Texas, Austin
Harvard University
Stanford University
Oxford University
Beroepen: Population geneticist
Relaties: Wells, Pamela Caragol (wife)
Wells, Margot (daughter)
Wells, Sasha (daughter)
Organisaties: Oxford University
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Cornell University
The Genographic Project
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Kistler Prize (2004)
Agent: Clare Alexander

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Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization door Spencer Wells

Sort of a mixed bag this book. Part of it was looking at the DNA of very early human populations, and other parts considered climate change, oil and commodity prices and genetic disorders.

What he said was very good, but didn't hang together.

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PDCRead | 8 andere besprekingen | Apr 6, 2020 |

Pandora's Seed: Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the… door Spencer Wells

I would give this 2.5 stars.

Some new stuff, lots of old stuff and rather a lot of vagueness. I still have no clue why the hunter-gatherer hold the key to our survival.

Edit: Grandma like this book a lot.

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ElentarriLT | 8 andere besprekingen | Mar 24, 2020 |

Pandora's Seed: Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the… door Spencer Wells

The author suggests that civilization is the problem not the solution. He offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill-suited.

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PendleHillLibrary | 8 andere besprekingen | Mar 12, 2020 |

Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization door Spencer Wells

Pandora’s Seed, while containing all the essential ingredients to make me giddy - Natufians, evolutionary history, the rise and fall of empires - never quite congealed into a focused or inventive text. Because of its breadth, it skipped quickly between topics without any of the depth and insight that a reader expects from an expert-in-his-field like Spencer Wells. The overall effect of such a scatter-shot tour of the agriculture revolution, is that of a mash-up of the works other more inspired texts of authors such as Jared Diamond, Michael Pollan and Karen Armstrong. Still though - Natufians!… (meer)

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