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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... thousand years before when the central Asia clan's ancestors first migrated to the heart of the continent , it was ... thousands of years . During the heat of the day the residents of cities such as Yazd retire to subterranean chambers ...
... thousands of samples that have been tested all trace their ancestry back to Africa . In short , there is no genetic evidence that Homo erectus made any contribution to the gene pool of modern east Asians . Rather , Dubois ' ape - man ...
... thousand years . - - It is likely that their sojourn on the steppes had honed their hunting skills , leading to ... thousands of years of Neanderthal biological adaptation – what had given them their short , stocky frames . As ...