The migratory human

Sedentary people living in nation-states was never the inevitable outcome of human evolution, argues Sam Miller in his new book

MIGRANTS: The Story of Us All

Author: Sam Miller

Publisher: Hachette India

Pages: 439

Price: Rs 899

In Migrants Sam Miller questions the notion that humans are naturally sedentary. His aim is to “restore migration to the heart of the human story”, and view important periods in the history of humankind “through the prism of migration, of people on the move, of societies in flux -- rather than of stasis, of settled communities”.

Miller himself has lived most of his adult life outside the UK, the country of his birth. But unlike most migrants -- who seek to escape poverty, natural disasters, or persecution --