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Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Stephen Oppenheimer (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 440 pages
  • Publisher: Constable; illustrated edition edition (24 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841196975
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841196978
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"- 'A mind-boggling forensic detective story, based on the latest scientific breakthroughs in DNA.' Ann Hodges, Houston Chronicle - 'Dr Oppenheimer offers evidence that challenges established theories on the routes and time periods of the human exodus out of Africa. Some of the findings are revolutionary.' John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Martin Richards, Researcher in Human Evolutionary Genetics

'To discover the real daughters of Eve, read on.'
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4.0 out of 5 stars A "MUST-READ" WORK - MIGRATIONS OF THE ANCESTORS, 2 Aug 2003
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HERE ARE THE DNA FINGERPRINTS AND FOOTPRINTS of our ancestors, as we have never seen them, thanks to breakthroughs in science. Swab traces taken from thousands of people living today, shows that, circa 80,000 years ago, a group of homo sapiens traversed the strait between Djibouti and Yemen, and became the first ever "out of africa" Sapiens. Or at least, the first whose genetic traces survived in our complex mitochondrial (maternal line) genetic make-up. Some of the group, wandering eastwards along the Indian Ocean's coastlines, in a few 1000 years, reached the Sumatra area. Their tools and traces have been found in the volcanic ash of the Toba Volcano explosion of 72,000 BC, and in Australia. It was only later around 45,000 to 40,000 BC, that a branch of this so-called "Cro-Magnon" group made its impact in Europe and slowly displaced the long-established Neanderthals. They had learned new skills on millennia-long trails that were evolutionary as well as geographical, and re-wrote Earth's history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Robust science in a charmingly written package, 31 Jul 2006
By Nick Candoros (Athens - Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World (Paperback)
The book is trying to decipher one of the major questions faced by the paleontological scientific community today, namely the when, how and why Homo Sapiens, our species, managed to get to every last corner of the planet.
Such a vast problem requires, by default, a multidisciplinary approach, and that is exactly the author's method. He combines archaeological data, climate history studies and the latest in biological-genes research, in order to painfully and methodically reconstruct first the Exodus from Africa - birthplace of our species - and then the various phases of human diffusion. He proposes a single exodus from Africa theory, around 80.000 years ago and then follows the combined evidence (fossil record, tools, locations and genes) to trace the human voyage to Southern Asia, Australia, Northern Asia and Europe and finally the Americas.
The author makes a persuasive case and one may agree or disagree with his proposals or parts of them. Irrespective of that, one has to admire the robustly scientific approach to each and separate problem faced during this fascinating journey. Mr. Oppenheimer is the first to state the doubtful of his position in many instances and never passes mere hypotheses as facts. And, most important of all, since this is a book aimed at interested laymen, not scientists of the field, his prose is clear, as free of scientific jargon as possible and downright charming. The illustrations, maps and color plates complement the text in a most satisfying way, making for an excellent and very interesting read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars migration of man, 14 Sep 2008
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120,000years ago man(Homo Sapiens) attempted to migrate out of Africa but failed,itwas not till 80,000years ago that a sucessful migration happened .This group crossed the Red Sea and headed for India.50,000years ago the group split some going toEuroe while the restcontinued eastward 3 further splits occured to Central Asia, China and Australia.The main migration progressed via China and Russia to the Bearing straits to Alaska and the Americas by 25,000years ago and the tip of South America 12,500yeaarsago.
The author describes this journey in excellent detail through the use of mitochondrial DNA and archeology Firet class mitochondrial maps are providedas are copious explanatory notes.A book to be recommended.
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