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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (2003)

The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (2003)

Documentary
Release Date: 2003, January 21
Directors: Clive Maltby
Production: PBS
Cast: Spencer Wells

Overview:

Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer Wells, one of a group of scientists studying the origin of human life, offers evidence and theories to support such a thesis in this PBS special. He claims that Africa was populated by only a few thousand people that some deserted their homeland in a conquest that has resulted in global domination.

Keywords:

africa biology genetics dna natural history geography diaspora