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Category: Biology & Human History

November 19, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Blueprint – How DNA Makes Us Who We Are” by Robert Plomin

October 15, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Holistic Darwinism” by Peter A. Corning

July 20, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature” by Geoffrey Miller

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Who We Are and How We Got Here” by David Reich

June 17, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History” by Nicholas Wade

April 14, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Understanding Human History” by Michael Hart

November 22, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Is There Anything Good About Men?” by Roy F. Baumeister

May 15, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Gap: Science of What Separates Us from Animals” by Thomas Suddendorf

May 14, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Story of the Human Body” by Daniel E. Lieberman

May 9, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution” by Cochran and Harpending

April 29, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World” by Gregory Clark

April 28, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Before the Dawn: Discovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade

March 25, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Plagues and Peoples” by William McNeill

March 5, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility” by Gregory Clark

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