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The Journey of Man

A Genetic Odyssey

By Spencer Wells

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| eBook | 9780141933252

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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 shContinue

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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  • Our African ancestry

    The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells 240pp, Allen Lane, £20 If you wanted to find out about human pre-history, where would you look for artefacts? The obvious answer - in the soil - will pop into the head of anyone who has watched T ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • eBook 288 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0141933259
  • ISBN-13: 9780141933252
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Pub date: May 29, 2003
  • Also available as: Paperback
  • In other languages: other languages 简体书
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