Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

Nean­derthal Man chron­i­cles Svante Pääbo’s ground­break­ing jour­ney to decode ancient DNA—from ear­ly mum­my stud­ies to sequenc­ing the Nean­derthal genome in 2010. Blend­ing sci­ence and mem­oir, it reveals how Nean­derthal genes illu­mi­nate our evo­lu­tion­ary past, offer­ing clues to lan­guage, sur­vival, and what makes humans dis­tinct.