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Nicholas Wade, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History

New York: The Penguin Press (USA), 2014. 288 pp. $27.95. ISBN: 978-1594204463

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Lucas, M. Nicholas Wade, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History . Soc 51, 698–700 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-014-9843-5

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