00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1686042739785120334 Buklod 20240820115154.0 m | | | ta 240820t20032002nyuab rb |001 0|eng d 9780812971460 BC-74488 Gift- Dr. Yeoh Seng Guan OhioLINK BAG rda eng GN 281 W45 2003 Wells, Spencer 1969- author. The journey of man a genetic odyssey Spencer Wells. New York Random House Trade Paperbacks, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group 2003. ©2002. xvi, 218 pages illustrations, map 21 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Originally published in hardcover in 2002 by Princeton University Press. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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, the author 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, this book is an enthralling, epic tour through the history and development of early humankind. Human evolution. Human genetics. Human population genetics. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN GN 281 W45 2003 Book