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245 10 a| Ancestors :b| identity and DNA in the levant /c| Pierre Zalloua ; introduction by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.;

246 3 a| Identity and deoxyribonucleic acid in the Levant;

250 a| First edition.;

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264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Random House,c| [2025];

300 a| xxxii, 243 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 20 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243).;

520 a| "In recent years, as companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com have made genetic testing available across the globe, it has become relatively simple to find out where your ancestors came from. But acclaimed geneticist Pierre Zalloua believes that these test results have led to a dangerous oversimplification of what one's genetic heritage means. People have conflated genetic ancestry with other ways of defining themselves such as "origin," "ethnicity," and even "race" but give no attention to the complexities that underlie these concepts. Nowhere is this interplay more important, and more controversial, than in the Levant-an ancient region known as one of the cradles of civilization, and which now includes modern-day Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and parts of Turkey. Born in Lebanon, Zalloua grew up surrounded by people for whom this question of identity was one of life or death importance. In Ancestors, Zalloua uses the Levant to grapple with what being indigenous really means. He finds that DNA does not determine a culture or an ethnicity, but instead, one must look to their own history to understand their identity. Building on years of research, Zalloua tells a history of the Levant through the framework of genetics that spans from 100,000 years ago, when humans first left Africa, to the 21st century and modern nation-states. World-shifting and accessible, Ancestors will reshape the way you think about where our culture really comes from"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Ancestors : identity and DNA in the levant / Pierre Zalloua ; introduction by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Author/creator	Zalloua, Pierre A. author.
Other author	Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 1960- writer of introduction.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Random House, [2025]
Description	xxxii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Subjects	Ethnic groups--Middle East. Sociogenomics--Middle East. Genetic genealogy. Human genetics. Middle East--Civilization.

Variant title	Identity and deoxyribonucleic acid in the Levant
Abstract	"In recent years, as companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com have made genetic testing available across the globe, it has become relatively simple to find out where your ancestors came from. But acclaimed geneticist Pierre Zalloua believes that these test results have led to a dangerous oversimplification of what one's genetic heritage means. People have conflated genetic ancestry with other ways of defining themselves such as "origin," "ethnicity," and even "race" but give no attention to the complexities that underlie these concepts. Nowhere is this interplay more important, and more controversial, than in the Levant-an ancient region known as one of the cradles of civilization, and which now includes modern-day Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and parts of Turkey. Born in Lebanon, Zalloua grew up surrounded by people for whom this question of identity was one of life or death importance. In Ancestors, Zalloua uses the Levant to grapple with what being indigenous really means. He finds that DNA does not determine a culture or an ethnicity, but instead, one must look to their own history to understand their identity. Building on years of research, Zalloua tells a history of the Levant through the framework of genetics that spans from 100,000 years ago, when humans first left Africa, to the 21st century and modern nation-states. World-shifting and accessible, Ancestors will reshape the way you think about where our culture really comes from"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243).
LCCN	2024046240
ISBN	9780593730904
ISBN	0593730909 (hardcover)
ISBN	(ebook)

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