![]() ![]() Probably one of the most surprising revelations of the full mapping of the human genome, in 2003, was that the human body is filled with shards of ancient retroviruses. ![]() The Age of Genomics has significantly changed the way we answer that question. The question every anthropologist wants to answer is: What are we and how did we come to be? As anthropologists, my husband Michael and I are fascinated by the long journey of Homo sapiens. The neatly defined sections of books beneath the skulls are devoted to the chronology of human evolution. Skulls detailing the history of humanity line the shelves and perch on pedestals, beginning with a diminutive acrylic cast of Australopithecus afarensis, running through a variety of Homo erectus examples, then on to the impressive skulls of Neandertals, who had larger brains than modern humans, and finally through a selection of prehistoric human skulls from cultures around the world. A reporter once told me that our library could pass for a crime lab. ![]()
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