Preface -- 1. The desk -- 2. The molecule -- 3. Out of Africa -- 4. Americanus rubescus -- 5. Intragression -- 6. Kate Fuller -- 7. The color of home -- 8. Cousin marriage -- 9. Poisoned children -- 10. Faith in fathers -- 11. Machines for the molecule -- 12. The phantom mutation -- 13. Deep time -- Acknowledgments -- Index.