The Journey of Man: A Genetic OdysseyPenguin Adult, 2003 M05 29 - 224 pages Around 60,000 years ago, a man, identical to us in all important respects, walked the soil of Africa. Every man alive today is descended from him. How did he come to be father to all of us - a real-life Adam? And why do we come in such a huge variety of sizes, shapes, types and races if we all share a single prehistoric ancestor?
In this fascinating book, Spencer Wells shows how the truth about our ancestors is hidden in our genetic code, and reveals how developments in the cutting-edge science of population genetics have made it possible not just to discover where our ancestors lived (and who they may have fought, loved, learned from and influence) but to create a family tree for the whole of humanity. |
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... India is unusual , since there is actually very little evidence of the Upper Palaeolithic there . There is a general dearth of human remains from all periods leading up to the Upper Palaeolithic , but at least there are abundant tools ...
... India have M20 . This suggests that it marks the earliest significant settlement of India , forming a uniquely Indian genetic substratum - which we can call the Indian clan - that pre - dates later migrations from the north . The ...
... India , where the clan appears to have migrated much later ( as revealed by the presence of additional mutations ) . The ' ancestral ' form the deepest split in the genealogy of Y - chromosomes from the central Asian clan - is found ...