The Journey of Man – Free PBS Special on YouTube.Com

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Ryan Rudolph
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The Journey of Man – Free PBS Special on YouTube.Com

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Synopsis: 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. The evidence he offers may re-write history.

This is an interesting story; I was not aware that scientists could trace the ancestral history of human beings back thousands of years using mutations/markers found in the DNA. Obviously the host isnt an enlightened sage however I can respect his work because he appears to be a gifted geneticist.

You will need over a full hour to watch this if interested:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ4ep__OIkY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjSwXOvIvg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFzADJhshk
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUIqo1W_ag
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuvfmKKgYo8
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zZIbCM7bGg
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVSmMvOL0kc
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuyXdXxbvWc
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ygIy0STMk
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hawx9RdzBOQ
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDSImsgfUik
Part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaI1Rz5SqTA
Part 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOkeRzaDNo
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