斯賓塞·韋爾斯,美國遺傳學傢,現年34歲。哈佛大學博士、斯坦福大學博士後。曾在世界基因多樣性研究計劃主要發起人、人類學研究領域泰鬥路卡·卡瓦利-斯福紮門下工作。後來他進入英國牛津大學的人類跗學研究中心。作為一名齣色的科學傢兼作傢、電影製片人、斯賓塞·韋爾斯以多種形式生動地展現瞭“人類的旅程”。
Around 60,000 years ago, a man - identical to us in all important respects - lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up 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? 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 we can trace our origins back to a single 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 have asked for centuries, questions now more compelling than ever.
發表於2024-07-07
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在現代人類單一地區起源說已經基本成為定論的情況下,在某朝的各類曆史教科書和博物館陳列展覽中,多地區連續進化說仍然是主流,吳新智院士的東亞人類“連續進化、附帶雜交”的理論還獲得過國傢科技進步二等奬。 這是因為在這片神奇的土地,這個問題自建政以來,就是...
評分所以,我們真的不是電影、書本或博物館中最常見的原始人形象尼安德特人的後代,北京人也真的不是北京猿人的後代,世界各大洲、各個地方的人們都來自一個共同的祖先,他是生活在6萬年前非洲的某個男人。我們來自非洲! 10年前的老書瞭,開捲之前頗有猶豫。因為之前看過相關的書...
評分一口氣看完瞭這本書。 其實我已經看過那個發現頻道的節目,總的來說,文章的主題基本上就是那個寫序所說的概括瞭。 作者是個科學傢,所以寫的比較羅嗦,而且翻譯一般,跟教科書一樣,不是非常生動,尤其是後部,幾乎是跳著讀的。 不過他的結論還是很有啓示的,不過這要讀者...
評分所以,我們真的不是電影、書本或博物館中最常見的原始人形象尼安德特人的後代,北京人也真的不是北京猿人的後代,世界各大洲、各個地方的人們都來自一個共同的祖先,他是生活在6萬年前非洲的某個男人。我們來自非洲! 10年前的老書瞭,開捲之前頗有猶豫。因為之前看過相關的書...
評分作者沒有明確的描述齣人種分離前的我們的大緻外貌,既然他肯定的說那是一種不同於今天任何人種的相貌。 關於吐火羅語倒是可以用基因中亞說解釋,但是這又明顯和語言學不符。 關於晚期智人大多程度上犧牲瞭當地“土著”而生存繁衍下來的描述還是不夠(也許根本也沒法弄清楚)。
圖書標籤: 科普 曆史 anthropology 大分流 popscience history Evolution
有電影版.
評分豆瓣以前有個叫《齣非洲記》的中譯本咋沒瞭
評分有電影版.
評分豆瓣以前有個叫《齣非洲記》的中譯本咋沒瞭
評分豆瓣以前有個叫《齣非洲記》的中譯本咋沒瞭
The Journey of Man 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載