Mathew Lyons

Is human migration really a normal activity?

Sam Miller challenges the ‘myth of sedentarism’, arguing that mankind is naturally nomadic and that an itinerant life is good for us

‘Emigrants Crossing the Plains’ in America. Engraving by Henry Bean Hall, 1869. [Alamy]

  • Migrants: The Story of Us All

    Sam Miller

    Abacus, pp. 440, £25

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