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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... fact , unsure of how to define a ' race ' objectively , he divided humans largely along geographical lines - Caucasians ( western Eurasia ) , Black Africans ( sub - Saharan Africa ) , Mongoloids ( east Asia ) , South Asian Aborigines ...
... fact that there appears to have been exchange with coastal dwellers thousands of kilometres away , who were exploiting the same types of resources in southern Africa . This is suggested by the similarities in tools found at the sites ...
... fact that it is the site of the Laura Festival of Aboriginal Art and Culture , held biennially in a large field on the outskirts of town . It may seem somewhat surprising that this major international festival is held in a location that ...