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INEQUALITY - CARLES LALUEZA-FOX TASCHENBUCH

How genomics reveals deep histories of inequality  going back many thousands of years.
Inequality is an urgent global concern  with pundits  politicians  academics  and best-selling
books all taking up its causes and consequences. In Inequality  Carles Lalueza-Fox offers an
entirely new perspective on the subject  examining the genetic marks left by inequality on
humans throughout history. Lalueza-Fox describes genetic studies  made possible by novel DNA
sequencing technologies  that reveal layers of inequality in past societies  manifested in
patterns of migration  social structures  and funerary practices. Through their DNA  ancient
skeletons have much to tell us  yielding anonymous stories of inequality  bias  and suffering.
Lalueza-Fox  a leader in paleogenomics  offers the deep history of inequality. He explores the
ancestral shifts associated with migration and describes the gender bias unearthed in these
migrations—the brutal sexual asymmetries  for example  between male European explorers and the
women of Latin America that are revealed by DNA analysis. He considers social structures  and
the evidence that high social standing was inherited—the ancient world was not a meritocracy.
He untangles social and genetic factors to consider whether wealth is an advantage in
reproduction  showing why we are more likely to be descended from a king than a peasant. And he
explores the effects of ancient inequality on the human gene pool. Marshaling a range of
evidence  Lalueza-Fox shows that understanding past inequalities is key to understanding
present ones.

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