The Journey of Man: A Genetic OdysseyRandom House Publishing Group, 2012 M10 31 - 240 pages Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so many sizes, shapes, and races? Examining the hidden secrets of human evolution in our genetic code, Spencer Wells reveals how developments in the revolutionary science of population genetics have made it possible to create a family tree for the whole of humanity. Replete with marvelous anecdotes and remarkable information, from the truth about the real Adam and Eve to the way differing racial types emerged, The Journey of Man is an enthralling, epic tour through the history and development of early humankind. |
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... defines the main Y-chromosome lineage in non-Africans no 7 Descendant lineages of M89 characterizing the main geographic regions in Eurasia 1 r2. 8 M45 is the ancestor of most western Europeans and Native Americans r40 9 Genealogical ...
... defines the main Y-chromosome lineage in non-Africans no 7 Descendant lineages of M89 characterizing the main geographic regions in Eurasia 1 r2. 8 M45 is the ancestor of most western Europeans and Native Americans r40 9 Genealogical ...
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... define a species? The accepted definition since the midtwentieth century is that of an interbreeding (or potentially ... defined, blatantly racist category he called monstrosus — which included Darwin's Fuegians, among other groups. To ...
... define a species? The accepted definition since the midtwentieth century is that of an interbreeding (or potentially ... defined, blatantly racist category he called monstrosus — which included Darwin's Fuegians, among other groups. To ...
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... definition of human blood groups, which would soon be applied to transfusions all over the world. If your doctor tells you that you have type A blood, this is actually the name given by Landsteiner to the first blood group polymorphism ...
... definition of human blood groups, which would soon be applied to transfusions all over the world. If your doctor tells you that you have type A blood, this is actually the name given by Landsteiner to the first blood group polymorphism ...
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... define race. In fact, unsure of how to define a 'race' objectively, he divided humans largely along geographical lines - Caucasians (western Eurasia), Black Africans (sub-Saharan Africa), Mongoloids (east Asia), South Asian Aborigines ...
... define race. In fact, unsure of how to define a 'race' objectively, he divided humans largely along geographical lines - Caucasians (western Eurasia), Black Africans (sub-Saharan Africa), Mongoloids (east Asia), South Asian Aborigines ...
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Contents
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4Coasting Away | 61 |
Leaps and Bounds 8 | 81 |
Blood from a Stone 8The Importance of Culture 6 | 184 |
Acknowledgements | 197 |
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