Christine Keneally: What Do Genes Have to Do With It?




Sydney Writers' Festival show

Summary: What really makes us human? And how can we learn from the past if we don’t understand the forces that shape us? In her highly entertaining book The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally brings together biology, psychology and history to examine the role genetics and culture play in developing identity. Does DNA tell the whole story? Is race really so clear cut? In this podcast Christine talks to presenter of ABC RN’s Life Matters Natasha Mitchell about her surprising – and sometimes unsettling – discoveries.