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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... living in the present . This book could not have been written without his intellectual pres- ence , and it is ... living in the present – it is their living genomes that give us our clues . - Every one of us is carrying his or her ...
... living in the Middle East . After all , our Eurasian clan had migrated into central Asia along this route why couldn ... living there ekes out a meagre living using a highly developed system of agriculture , complete with miles of ...
... living outside Africa . They are not unique in having a mixed ancestry , though . In the past 500 years - encompassing the European Age of Exploration and the Industrial Revolution - humans have become far more mobile than ever before ...