People. In the Footsteps of Our Migrations, Adaptations, and Searches for Compromises

How are Neanderthals connected to the COVID-19 virus? Is it possible to turn off the gene responsible for AIDS? In response to these and other pressing questions, Luis Quintana-Murci draws on current genetic research, analyzes our past, and encourages us to think about the future.
Luis Quintana-Murci is a professor, head of the Department of Genomics and Human Evolution at the Collège de France, professor at the Institut Pasteur, and head of the Laboratory of Human Evolutionary Genetics at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

- INTRODUCTION. Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?
- PART I. FROM DARWIN TO GENOMICS
- PART II. CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENT
- PART III. ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
- PART IV. PEOPLE AND MICROBES
- PART V. MIXING, CULTURE, AND MEDICINE