Summary Of Restless Genes By David Dobbs

In “Restless Genes,” David Dobbs talks about British captain James Cook’s historic voyage across the Pacific Ocean in 1769. As the British explorer received a Polynesian priest’s astonishing gift, a map, he was struck by the uncanny ability of the island’s group to accurately sketch out a depiction of the major islands and the South Pacific. This encounter had struck a journey for discovery, and not only for the Pacific but also for humans' instinctive drive for exploration and immigration. Through James Cook’s story, Dobbs crafts a narrative that explores history, culture, and genetics, which reveals how humans “restless genes” shaped human civilization.Human curiosity comes from one single gene that is responsible for fueling humans with