The Journey of Man by Spencer Wells (Documentary): Summary.
One was a man in Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country, where Wells met with a man and explained that his genetic history pointed to his ancestor as being the man who was the source 40,000 years ago for populations today in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.Spencer Wells Journey Of Man. The Journey of Man In the documentary The Journey of Man, the intriguing question of weather modern man was descended from a single man in Africa was presented by scientist Spencer Wells. Wells takes the viewer through the extensive and descriptive quest to route the origin of our ancestors.Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey. By Spencer Wells By analyzing DNA from people in all regions of the world, geneticist Spencer Wells has concluded that all humans alive today are descended from a single man who lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago. Modern humans, he contends, didn't start their spread across the globe until after that time.
Spencer Wells takes a very technical and academic subject and makes it not only understandable but interesting and enjoyable in his The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey. As Wells is not simply an author explaining the work of others but a leading population geneticist his writing is authoritative and conveys his “insider’s” sense of curiosity and excitement.Spencer Wells starts by taking the viewer on the migration route over the millenniums showing how man moved from Africa on a journey to Australia and eventually spread all over the world. The purpose of this piece was to follow the journey of Spencer Wells and his journey to discover a marker leading to ancient african descendants.
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey is a 2002 book by Spencer Wells, an American geneticist and anthropologist, in which he uses techniques and theories of genetics and evolutionary biology to trace the geographical dispersal of early human migrations out of Africa. The book was made into a TV documentary in 2003.
