Where Are You Really From?
Our amazing evolution, what race really is and what makes us human
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Who do you think you are?
Have you ever thought about who you might be related too? What if we told you that you were related to vicious Vikings, Roman emperors, great kings and feisty queens?
Well, your majesty, you are. In fact, everyone is. And geneticist Adam Rutherford is here to tell you why.
On this extraordinary adventure through millions of years of human history, young readers will learn the story of our species. They will meet kings and queens. They will see how humans migrated far and wide around the globe. And they will discover that no matter what skin colour you have, language you speak or place you are from - we all share the same small pool of ancestors.
Armed with a deeper understanding of science and history, readers will learn how to dismantle common myths of who we really are - like what race is, where we come from, and what it means to be human.
Mind-boggling, entertaining and illuminating, this is the epic story of you and everyone who has ever lived!
Adam Rutherford
Dr Adam Rutherford is a scientist, writer and broadcaster. He has written and presented award-winning series and programmes for the BBC, including Radio 4's Inside Science and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry with Dr Hannah Fry. He is the author of Creation, shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, the Sunday Times bestselling How to Argue With a Racist and the co-author of Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged).
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E.L. Norry
E. L. Norry is the author of Fablehouse and Fablehouse: Heart of Fire, the first of which was nominated for a Carnegie Medal in 2024. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she also worked on Alison Hammond's Black in Time and Adam Rutherford's Where Are You Really From?
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