“Origin A genetic history of the Americas” by Jennifer Raff

As usual, I did not retain much from this scholarly book. But I thoroughly enjoyed learning how the various disciplines, especially archaeology and genetics work together in interpreting the history of our earliest ancestors. In this case, the focus is on the various models for explaining how the Americas were populated. The author is very good at making a scene come alive. And she is opened my eyes to important ethical issues regarding taking genetic information from indigenous peoples, and of how they have been badly used in the past.