192. Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution

<p>In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ago. Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson, a husband-and-wife team based at the University of California, Davis, have spent years together and individually researching and collaborating with scholars from a wide range of disciplines to produce a deep history of humankind. In <em>A Story of Us</em>, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures.</p>