Genetic and Cultural Odyssey

Linda Stone is professor of anthropology at Washington State University. She is the author of Gender and Culture in America(with Nancy P. McKee); Kinship and Gender: An Introduction; and Illness Beliefs and Feeding the Dead in Hindu Nepal. She lives in Pullman, Washington. Paul Lurquin is professor of genetics at Washington State University. He is the author of The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants; High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants; and The Origins of Life and the Universe; and Genes and DNA (with Charlotte Omoto). He lives in Pullman, Washington.

• Preface 1. Science and Society, Genes and Culture 2. From Medicine to Bacterial Genetics (1943-1960) 3. The Shift to Human Populations (1952-1970) 4. Excursions into Human Culture (1970- ) 5. Genes, Languages, and Human Prehistory (1970- ) 6. On to DNA Polymorphisms and the Y Chromosome (1984- ) 7. The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991- ) 8. The Legacy Glossary References Index

This fascinating little book demonstrates that Cavalli-Sforza has blazed a path well worth reading. -- Oren Solomon American Scientist As a renaissance scientist in the purist form... Cavalli-Sforza is a giant upon whom many scientists have stood... Highly recommended. Choice A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey is a wonderful journey through the life to date of a giant who is nearly glued to science. -- Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine