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. |
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... clan , and enjoys playing games with the small pieces of stone that lie scattered around the camp . He seems much more emotional than the others , often erupting into violent temper tantrums that scare the other clan members . The ...
... clan . Descendants of the central Asian clan occur only sporadically in the Middle East and East Asia , and at somewhat higher frequency in India , where the clan appears to have migrated much later ( as revealed by the presence of ...
... clan had made it to the eastern extreme of the continent . Along the way it had acquired additional markers , producing the widespread Eurasian clan , the Indian clan , and the central Asian clan . The mountain ranges of central Asia ...