Paul R. Billings and Hyman Gross
To the Editors:
Richard Lewontin, in his review of DNA uses in forensics [“Let the DNA Fit the Crime,” NYR, February 23], correctly notes that the position of experts including his own has evolved as the testing improved, now employing genomic sites and population databases that yield less biased and more specific information. His contribution and others to my earlier book, DNA on Trial: Genetic Identification and Criminal Justice (Cold …
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Larry Rohter
To the Editors:
As someone who often traveled and worked with the late Nicolas Reynard in the Amazon for weeks at a time, I imagine that he would have been amused to find himself described in John Terborgh’s essay “Out of Contact” [NYR, April 5] as an “American with limited jungle experience.” Neither of those statements is correct. Nicolas was French, not American, and remained Parisian to his core …
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