Kyle Harper

Kyle Harper

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Kyle Harper is the G. T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.

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    gloved hands holding petri dish Kyle Harper on Plagues upon the Earth Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted dee... Read More
    Kyle Harper. PUP Speaks: Kyle Harper on a germ’s-eye view of history In the immortal words of the rock band The Doors, people are strange. From nature’s perspective, human beings are highly unusual. Kyle Harper shows how humans became the irresistible hosts of so many diseases, and how it has shaped us as a species. Read More