Genetic Odysseus of man. 4th edition. Wells S.

About 60,000 years ago, a man lived in Africa. Each of us is his descendant. How did this really existing Adam become our common father and what path his children and grandchildren have made to populate almost all the corners of our land? The answers to these questions are given by genetics, which have become accessible to an unprepared reader thanks to the witty, amazing facts of the book of the famous geneticist Spencer Wells. In a scientific accurately, but funny and accessible, the author writes about the latest discoveries of molecular biology and population genetics, which made it possible to solve the most exciting secrets of mankind-from the truth about the real Adam and Eve to the appearance of different races.