![]() ![]() ![]() He wants molecular data, and palaeontologists typically analyse form, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. 157) could have been relevant if not for one problem-there are no figures in Chapter 14! There is also one mystery or, at least, oversight the instruction to ‘see Figure 14.1’ (p. The illustrations are good, although a little sparse, and would have been even better if printed on a better quality paper. Pääbo writes well I have no hesitation recommending this book to scientists and non-scientist alike. Asides and excursions into his private life are less comfortable I have never welcomed innuendo concerning an author's love life in an essay on science (Donovan, 2012). Pääbo has written this book as a personal account, a memoir, and so long as he is discussing the nuts and bolts of science, and the work of scientists, it is a worthy contribution. Svante Pääbo's laboratory has been responsible for three of the most notable analyses of human genetics, determining the mitochondrial DNA and genome of Homo neanderthalensis King, and recognizing the existence of the enigmatic Denisovans from the molecular evidence of a single bone. ![]()
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