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In The Blood: God, Genes And Destiny

by Steve Jones · 1996

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This work is about human origins. It draws on all the latest knowledge from anthropology and archaeology, via genetics and evolution, to psychology and medicine. It tackles issues such as hereditary genes in criminal behaviour and homosexuality.

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medium · 381 pages

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