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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... southern Africa , and the genetic signal they contain is very good evidence that they are the remnants of one of the oldest human populations . The signals have been lost in other groups , but today these eastern and southern African ...
... southern Africa , rather than the Rift Valley ? Not necessarily , although the importance of our southern hominid ancestors has increased in recent years , and some palaeoanthropologists now argue for a southern genesis . What is clear ...
... southern India have M20 . This suggests that it marks the earliest significant settlement of India , forming a uniquely Indian genetic substratum – which we can call the Indian clan – that pre - dates later migrations from the north ...