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Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 530
Just in the last three years a flood of new scientific findings, driven by revelations discovered in the human genome, has provided compelling new answers to many long-standing mysteries about our most ancient ancestors, the people who first evolved in Africa and then went on to colonize the whole world. Nicholas Wade weaves this host of news-making findings together for the first time into an intriguing new history of the human story before the dawn of civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing information
- De Albert en 06-15-07
- Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
Amazing information
Revisado: 06-15-07
I cannot stop talking about this book and what I learned from it about our human origins. Now I have all my friends reading it.
Sure, sometimes the books gets a bit technical, but hey the topic IS technical. Using our DNA to reveal our history is the ultimate technical tour de force. What a stunning history it is!
Man (about 150 of us) sneaking out of Africa and fighting off, perhaps eventually killing off Neanderathal AND Homo Erectus. This beats any tale Hollywood has cooked up.
How we got to Australia, New Zealand, Tierra del Fuego all such different stories!!!
The concept of genetic drift and how it is as important as Darwin's "survival of the fittest".
What alleles tell us over time and the fact that in mammals, all mtDNA (mitochonrial DNA)is inherited solely from the mother. Every male inherits his father's y chromosome so lineage can be traced for many many generations whether you know the names on your family tree or not!
Why civilization as we know it did not get started until 15,000 years ago even though we left Africa 50,000 year ago!
Why some of us can drink milk as adults and others, like me, get very sick when we do.
Perhaps the most interesting thing is how we are still evolving today.
And of course, as soon as I finished the book I sent for a genetic testing kit. I just have to know for sure where I really came from.
I have to say that this is the most informative book I have ever read. My only real issue is whether it is a work of history or genetics, but of course it is really both...
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Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters From the War Zone
- De: Michael Moore
- Narrado por: Michael Moore, Multiple Readers
- Duración: 5 h y 10 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 256
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listening to our soldiers is always smart!
- De Doctor Robert en 10-26-04
Almost to sad to describe
Revisado: 11-22-04
WARNING, do not listen to this book while driving as it is very hard to control a car while you are crying or are furious or BOTH!
People love to rant about Moore and his books & movies, but here the troops bravely dare to speak for themselves. Many of the contributors insisted that their names be used at great risk to themselves. You need to hear this, but I warn you that it will break your heart.
Do not let those mindlessly "God and Country" types fool you. What you will hear in this book is the true personal cost of war. You will also hear that the Iraqis don't want us there. You will also hear that this war was a mistake and we never should have gone in there in the first place. Iraq was not a threat; Iran is! Osama is!
If you cannot imagine being "stop loss" forced (to stay in the service after your enlistment period is up) to fight and perhaps die for a war you do not believe in, read this book. If you don't remember VietNam, here is VietNam II unfolding from the mouths of our precious youth who are doing the suffering and the dying.
Moore is to be commended for giving our troops their voice; the deployed troops are the expert opinion we need to listen to as they are there living this horror every day.
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