| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0143029959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0141008325 |
| No of pages | 224 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin UK |
| Published Date | 29 May 2003 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0143029959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0141008325 |
| No of pages | 224 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin UK |
| Published Date | 29 May 2003 |
Spencer Wells is an explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society and the Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor at Cornell University. He leads the Genographic Project, which is collecting and analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples from people around the world in order to decipher how our ancestors populated the planet.
Wells received his PhD from Harvard University and conducted postdoctoral work at Stanford and Oxford. He has written two books, The Journey of Man and Deep Ancestry. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, a documentary filmmaker.
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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 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.