![]() ![]() I could not grasp in detail how he did his work, but he explained it well enough that I understood it and felt comfortable with it. ![]() Svante Pääbo does a good job explaining difficult concepts to the average reader. I’m not versed in microbiology or in anthropology, so I wondered if I would get anything out of reading this book. But detecting these molecules in fossilized bones really piqued my interest, so I read the book. ![]() I am amazed that anybody can detect its presence in living tissue, but if scientists say so, I’m sure they can. DNA is composed of microscopic minute chemical molecules embedded in soft, high-moisture tissue. Other than curiosity, I never followed these two discoveries until 2014, when I read Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes announcing the discovery of the Neanderthal genome in 2010. I was amazed when the double helix structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 and astounded when the human genome was mapped in 2003. I have always been interested in animals and anthropology. ![]()
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