The Journey of Man
  • Published: 5 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141933252
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

The Journey of Man

A Genetic Odyssey

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Why is humanity so racially and culturally diverse?

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.
  • Published: 5 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141933252
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240
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Spencer Wells

SPENCER WELLS is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and the director of the Genographic Project. After studying under genetic pioneer Luigi Cavalli-Sforza at Stanford University, he began an unusual career that combines science, writing, and filmmaking. His acclaimed first book, The Journey of Man, combined his own DNA research with the work of archaeologists, paleoanthropologists, paleoclimatologists, and linguists to show how modern humans came to populate the planet.

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