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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... seems an eternity before we reach an archipelago known as the Maldives . The people here seem quite different from those we saw in Africa , and speak yet another language . Their skin is dark , like that of the Africans , but their ...
... seem to be two main types : those who in some respects resemble the peoples of the Maldives , but with lighter skin , and those who in many ways resemble the Sumatrans and Polynesians . It seems odd to find such divergent types of ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. are at least three . He also seems to be much better at making things than the other children in the clan , and enjoys playing games with the small pieces of stone that lie scattered around the camp . He ...