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David Reich. Who We Are and How We Got Here. Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xxxi and 335pp., 28 illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-0-19-882126-7)

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David Reich. Who We Are and How We Got Here. Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xxxi and 335pp., 28 illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-0-19-882126-7)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2019

Daniela Hofmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies, and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway

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Copyright © European Association of Archaeologists 2019 

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