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ORIGIN - JENNIFER RAFF GEBUNDEN

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the
untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN is the
story of who the first peoples in the Americas were  how and why they made the crossing  how
they dispersed south  and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their
complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories throughout North and South
America  and a glimpse into how the tools of genetics reveal details about human history and
evolution. 20 000 years ago  people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western
Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas. Until we venture out
to other worlds  this remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new place 
and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and
scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Many
different models have been proposed to explain how the Americas were peopled and what happened
in the thousands of years that followed. A study of both past and present  ORIGIN explores how
genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that profoundly impact Indigenous
peoples of the Americas. It serves as a primer for anyone interested in how genetics has become
entangled with identity in the way that society addresses the question Who is indigenous?

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