14 Quotes by Spencer Wells

DNA ties us all together; we share ancestry with barracuda and bacteria and mushrooms, if you go far enough back.

The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes.

Taken with the archaeological data, we can say that the old hypothesis of an invasion of people – not merely their language – from the steppe appears to be true.

As often happens in science, technology has opened up a field to new ways of solving old riddles – often providing startling answers.