The Journey of Man: A Genetic OdysseyPenguin Adult, 2003 M05 29 - 288 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. |
From inside the book
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... ancestry back to Africa . The Australians have an answer for this . Greg Singh , an aboriginal artist living in Cairns , suggests that the world was actually settled from Australia , explaining the genetic connection between the Oz and ...
... ancestry to him . He becomes the ' totemic ancestor ' of the group – the founding father – and everyone descended from him is by definition a member of the group . Other clans , denied the mysterious knowledge of animal behaviour and ...
... ancestry to Africa within the past 50,000 years - because every man has our old friend M168 on his Y - chromosome . Everyone . This result is bad news to those looking for evidence of east Asian regional continuity , since it is ...