Eugene E. Harris
1966 - present
The Chimps are in Our Genes
Our closest living relatives are the bonobos, in the same genus as chimpanzees. Eugene Harris, an anthropologist at City University of New York, takes us through the science of genomics and the techniques we now have to better understand our evolution. His book Ancestors in our Genome, provides a clear understanding of our evolutionary history particularly as it relates to the past 15 million years when the great apes emerged and ancient humans evolved into modern humans. Understanding this history informs our possible pathways to our next evolutionary event.
Click on links to other players in my journey below.
Ardi * Aubrey de Grey * Bill Joy * C. Owen Lovejoy * Carl Linneaus * Charles Darwin * CRISPR *
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr * Elizabeth Kolbert * Ernst Mayr * Eugene E. Harris * Gregor Mendel * Henry Markram *
Ian Tattersall * Jean-Baptiste Lamarck * John Markoff * Katherine Pollard * Kevin de Queiroz * Lucy *
McBrearty and Brooks * Miguel Nicolelis * Paul Allen * Paul Berg * R.A.Fisher * Scott Blois * Singularity *
Stephen Jay Gould * Svante Pååbo * Sydney Brenner * Terry Sejnowski * Theodosius Dobzhansky *