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What is The Journey of Man : a Genetic Odyssey about?

"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 there was a real 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 hav

Author

Spencer Wells; photographs by Mark Read

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141008325

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Social_sciences

Rating

4.05 / 5 (53 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14