Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

"Meaty, well-written." --Kirkus Reviews

"Timely and informative." --The New York Times Book Review

"By far the best book I have ever read on humanity's deep history." --E. O. Wilson, biologist and author of The Ants and On Human Nature

Nicholas Wade's articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity's origins as never before--a journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human language like? How large were the first societies, and how warlike were they? When did our ancestors first leave Africa, and by what route did they leave? By eloquently solving these and numerous other mysteries, Wade offers nothing less than a uniquely complete retelling of a story that began 500 centuries ago.

Author: Nicholas Wade
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.56w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780143038320
ISBN10: 014303832X
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Genetics & Genomics

About the Author
Nicholas Wade received a BA in natural sciences from King's College, Cambridge. He was the deputy editor of Nature magazine in London and then became that journal's Washington correspondent. He joined Science magazine in Washington as a reporter and later moved to The New York Times, where he has been an editorial writer, concentrating on issues of defense, space, science, medicine, technology, genetics, molecular biology, the environment, and public policy, a science reporter, and a science editor.