Relics of Eden

Relics of Eden explores this powerful DNA-based evidence of human evolution. The relics are the millions of functionally useless but scientifically informative remnants of our evolutionary ancestry trapped in the DNA of every person on the planet.

Daniel J. Fairbanks is a distinguished university professor, research geneticist, artist, and author. He is the coauthor (with A. Franklin, A. W. F. Edwards, D. L. Hartl, and T. Seidenfeld) of The Mendel-Fisher Controversy and (with W. R. Andersen) of Genetics: The Continuity of Life in addition to numerous journal articles.

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. i
Preface to the First Edition	p. 7
Introduction: Fossils in Our DNA	p. 11
Fusion	p. 17
McClintock's Masterpiece	p. 31
Bogus Genes	p. 47
Solving the Trichotomy	p. 61
Darwinian DNA	p. 73
A Spectacular Confirmation	p. 87
Diversity	p. 103
The Tree of Life	p. 121
"When Faith and Reason Clash"	p. 133
Abandoning the Dichotomy	p. 161
Postscript to the Paperback Edition	p. 173
Introduction to the Appendices	p. 181
The Story of NANOG and Its Pseudogenes	p. 185
Nine Inversions	p. 197
From Darwin to the Human Genome: A Brief History	p. 215
Glossary	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 261
Index	p. 277
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