ABOUT THE LECTURE: The author of the highly acclaimed and controversial book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why Were Afraid to Talk About It, investigative journalist Jon Entine, in his new book Abrahams Children, attempts to answer new taboo topics, such as: Did Moses really live? What was the real fate of the Lost Tribes? How did the advent of Christianity change the DNA of humanity, and why Jews — the tiniest fraction of the worlds population — score highest on intelligence tests and hold so many Nobel Prizes, why there are disproportionately so many more Jewish lawyers and doctors, and what the answers to such questions tell us about human nature and nurture. Entine vividly brings to life the profound human implications of the Age of Genetics, retelling the story of the Bible through the prism of DNA, while illuminating one of todays most controversial topics: the connection between genetics and identity. The focus of genome research has shifted from our shared humanity to human differences, and we are now confronted with questions once considered taboo. youtu.be/IRtc0XaA5k0
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 02:25:57 +0000
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