The Journey of Man: A Genetic OdysseyRandom House Publishing Group, 2012 M10 31 - 240 pages Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so many sizes, shapes, and races? Examining the hidden secrets of human evolution in our genetic code, Spencer Wells reveals how developments in the revolutionary science of population genetics have made it possible to create a family tree for the whole of humanity. Replete with marvelous anecdotes and remarkable information, from the truth about the real Adam and Eve to the way differing racial types emerged, The Journey of Man is an enthralling, epic tour through the history and development of early humankind. |
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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. Richard Lewontin, gives us a clue about the ... human hands hundreds or thousands of years ago. Often the sense is so great ... human origins and migrations, is necessarily less visually compelling than ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. Richard Lewontin, gives us a clue about the ... human hands hundreds or thousands of years ago. Often the sense is so great ... human origins and migrations, is necessarily less visually compelling than ...
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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. the genealogy described in the Bible. In his ... human origins. Science was leading the way into a brave new world. The ... humanity's place in it. When we viewed ourselves as the divine creation of an ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. the genealogy described in the Bible. In his ... human origins. Science was leading the way into a brave new world. The ... humanity's place in it. When we viewed ourselves as the divine creation of an ...
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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. the most distinctive people he encountered ... humanity. He even compares them favourably with the sailors on the Beagle when ... human colours, shapes, sizes and cultures around the world? Where had the ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. the most distinctive people he encountered ... humanity. He even compares them favourably with the sailors on the Beagle when ... human colours, shapes, sizes and cultures around the world? Where had the ...
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... human origins. The American pro~slavery lobby embraced an extreme form of ... humanity, and thus they only wrote about a Mediterranean Adam. Agassiz thought that ... genetic superiority, and even provides solace for those who lie awake at ...
... human origins. The American pro~slavery lobby embraced an extreme form of ... humanity, and thus they only wrote about a Mediterranean Adam. Agassiz thought that ... genetic superiority, and even provides solace for those who lie awake at ...
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A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. More than anyone else, the Frenchman Paul Broca — who penned this description - can ... human body in an effort to categorize human diversity scientifically. This could have been dismissed as no more than ...
A Genetic Odyssey Spencer Wells. More than anyone else, the Frenchman Paul Broca — who penned this description - can ... human body in an effort to categorize human diversity scientifically. This could have been dismissed as no more than ...
Contents
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4Coasting Away | 61 |
Leaps and Bounds 8 | 81 |
Blood from a Stone 8The Importance of Culture 6 | 184 |
Acknowledgements | 197 |
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