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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... modern humans originated in Africa 31 3 MtDNA genealogy. showing the split into M and non-M lineages outside Africa 73 4 Y-chromosome genealogy, showing the split into M130 and non-M130 lineages from an M168 ancestor 74 5 Mitochondrial ...
... modern humans originated in Africa 31 3 MtDNA genealogy. showing the split into M and non-M lineages outside Africa 73 4 Y-chromosome genealogy, showing the split into M130 and non-M130 lineages from an M168 ancestor 74 5 Mitochondrial ...
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... human — but also makes us unique individuals. Our DNA carries, hidden in its string of four simple letters, a ... modern humans to the present day — and beyond. The argument pursued throughout is that genetics provides us with a ...
... human — but also makes us unique individuals. Our DNA carries, hidden in its string of four simple letters, a ... modern humans to the present day — and beyond. The argument pursued throughout is that genetics provides us with a ...
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... humans. This experiment led to the definition of human blood groups, which would soon be applied to transfusions all ... modern humans. In the 19305 an American named Bryant and an Englishman named Mourant, building on the work of the ...
... humans. This experiment led to the definition of human blood groups, which would soon be applied to transfusions all ... modern humans. In the 19305 an American named Bryant and an Englishman named Mourant, building on the work of the ...
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... human biochemical diversity, The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups — a seminal work that became the standard text of experimental human population genetics for the next twenty years. This was the beginning of the modern ... humans. Using ...
... human biochemical diversity, The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups — a seminal work that became the standard text of experimental human population genetics for the next twenty years. This was the beginning of the modern ... humans. Using ...
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... modern humans. This work was begun in the 1950s, a heady time for the field of genetics. The structure of DNA had just been deciphered by Crick and Watson, and the application of the methodology of the physical sciences promised a ...
... modern humans. This work was begun in the 1950s, a heady time for the field of genetics. The structure of DNA had just been deciphered by Crick and Watson, and the application of the methodology of the physical sciences promised a ...
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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