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The Journey of Man - A Genetic Odyssey (Paperback, Revised edition)
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The Journey of Man - A Genetic Odyssey (Paperback, Revised edition)
Series: Princeton Science Library
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Around 200,000 years ago, a man--identical to us in all important
respects--lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended
from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up 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? Showing
how the secrets about our ancestors are hidden in our genetic code,
Spencer Wells reveals how developments in the cutting-edge science
of population genetics have made it possible to create a family
tree for the whole of humanity. We now know not only where our
ancestors lived but who they fought, loved, and influenced.
Informed by this new science, The Journey of Man is replete with
astonishing information. Wells tells us that we can trace our
origins back to a single Adam and Eve, but that Eve came first by
some 80,000 years. We hear how the male Y-chromosome has been used
to trace the spread of humanity from Africa into Eurasia, why
differing racial types emerged when mountain ranges split
population groups, and that the San Bushmen of the Kalahari have
some of the oldest genetic markers in the world. We learn, finally
with absolute certainty, that Neanderthals are not our ancestors
and that the entire genetic diversity of Native Americans can be
accounted for by just ten individuals. It is an enthralling, epic
tour through the history and development of early humankind--as
well as an accessible look at the analysis of human genetics that
is giving us definitive answers to questions we have asked for
centuries, questions now more compelling than ever.
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