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The true story of modern man's journey out of Africa. A new angle on our understanding of prehistory. "...mind-boggling forensic detective story, based on the latest scientific breakthroughs in DNA" "Houston Chronicle"
Synopsis
In 1988, "Newsweek" headlined the discovery that everyone alive on the earth can trace their maternal DNA back to one woman who lived in Africa 150,000 years ago. It was thought that humans populated the world through a series of migratory waves from their African homeland. This book reveals the revolutionary theory about our origins.