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    Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here
    Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here
    Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here
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    Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here

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    In 1994, Luca Cavalli-Sforza publishes The History and Geography of Human Genes, using phenotypic markers such as blood antigens. Now, decades later, the techniques for sequencing the human genome have dramatically improved. So has mathematical modeling. David Reich, geneticist at Harvard Medical School, is ready to unveil the results of population sampling, as well as DNA sampling from ancient bones.
    The subtitle of Reich's book is: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past.
    Yet, Reich is not an an archaeologist. So, he hangs his (and others) DNA studies on current evolutionary theory, which has been cobbled together without a deep appreciation of the mystery of Neo-Darwinism.
    These comments rely on a new articulation of human evolution, based on two works: The Human Niche and An Archaeology of the Fall.
    Each of these works presents an insight into human evolution.
    First, humans evolved into the niche of triadic relations.
    Second, our current Lebenswelt is potentiated in a change in the way humans talk, from hand-speech to speech-alone talk.
    Our DNA tells one story. Our triadic relations tell the other.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRazie Mah
    Release dateOct 27, 2018
    ISBN9781942824565
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      Comments on David Reich's Book (2018) Who We Are and How We Got Here

      By Razie Mah

      Published for Smashwords.com

      2018

      Notes on Text

      Dr. David Reich is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. His book aims to tell the history of humanity, as written in our DNA, along with DNA isolated from ancient bones. This goal is specified in the subtitle: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past.

      Prerequisites include The Human Niche, The First Singularity, plus An Archaeology of the Fall.

      Words in italics or 'single quotes' go together.

      Table of Contents

      The Story at the End

      The Intention of Humans

      The Creation of Humans

      Humans Get Blessed

      Domesticate Plants and Give Them to the Animals

      Something Goes Horribly Wrong

      The Power of Speech-Alone Talk

      Disruption

      The Story at the End

      0001 At the end of David Reich's book, the professor laments his fate. He opened the graves of ancient humans and sampled their bones for DNA. He did so in the Name of Science.

      This troubles him.

      0002 He finds an orthodox rabbi, versed in the Jewish Oral Tradition, and confesses his questionable activities. What is he to do? The rabbi has to think about it.

      0003 Indeed, we all have to think about it. Has this geneticist committed a spiritual crime?

      0004 Metaphorically, our bones desire to stand before the Lord. David Reich, in his sneaky and scientific way, allows them to do that. But, what does his data tell us?

      0005 Unlike any other review of Reich's book, these comments offer a unique insight into the archaeological record. This has long been an ambition of anthropologists. Reich is inspired by his grand-mentor (the professor of the professor who trained him), Luca Cavalli-Sforza.

      Decades

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