
"Plug and Play" Genetics, Racial Migrations and Human History
Genetically profiling individuals is now cheap and easy, but writing our species’ global history still calls for a lot of hard work
John Edward Terrell, PhD, is the Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago, professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, adjunct professor of anthropology at Northwestern University and honorary fellow in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His most recent book is A Talent for Friendship: Rediscovery of a Remarkable Trait (Oxford, 2014). He is currently working on a new book with Gabe Terrell called Thoughts, Dreams, and Delusions: Evolution's Dangerous Legacy.

"Plug and Play" Genetics, Racial Migrations and Human History
Genetically profiling individuals is now cheap and easy, but writing our species’ global history still calls for a lot of hard work