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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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. locations of the languages . There are 140 separate languages in the family , ranging from those belonging to the Celtic branch , spoken in the extreme north - western parts of Europe ( Gaelic and Breton ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. that genetic data could be used to study the origin and dispersal of languages . There were two caveats made by Cavalli - Sforza and his colleagues in their study . The first is that the genetic markers ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. language . The overlap with our hypothetical ' Mediterranean ' family is striking , and ( as we have already seen ) there is some genetic evidence to support the dispersal of this group of languages ...