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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... .atrandom.com/journeyofman. As this book was going to press, this website was in preparation. I have been lucky enough to work with Mark on several occasions, both in the course of sample-collecting expeditions in Asia and Preface xv.
... .atrandom.com/journeyofman. As this book was going to press, this website was in preparation. I have been lucky enough to work with Mark on several occasions, both in the course of sample-collecting expeditions in Asia and Preface xv.
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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. both in the course of sample-collecting expeditions in Asia and during the making of the film. He is a talented and dedicated artist, and his work adds enormously to the book. Mark's photographs reflect ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. both in the course of sample-collecting expeditions in Asia and during the making of the film. He is a talented and dedicated artist, and his work adds enormously to the book. Mark's photographs reflect ...
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... sample of humanity's diversity. The first people we encounter are Africans — specifically, central Africans, speaking Bantu languages. They have very dark skin, and live primarily in small villages hacked from the forest. As we move ...
... sample of humanity's diversity. The first people we encounter are Africans — specifically, central Africans, speaking Bantu languages. They have very dark skin, and live primarily in small villages hacked from the forest. As we move ...
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... named Mourant, building on the work of the Hirszfelds, began to test blood samples from around the world. Over the next thirty years these two men and their colleagues would examine thousands of people, from E p/uribus unum 15.
... named Mourant, building on the work of the Hirszfelds, began to test blood samples from around the world. Over the next thirty years these two men and their colleagues would examine thousands of people, from E p/uribus unum 15.
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... samples to reflect a biased view of the population from which they are drawn. If you flip a coin r,000 times, you ... sample for the next generation is created anew in the present generation (as is the case for living organisms), then ...
... samples to reflect a biased view of the population from which they are drawn. If you flip a coin r,000 times, you ... sample for the next generation is created anew in the present generation (as is the case for living organisms), then ...
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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