The incredible human journey
By: Alice Roberts
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780747598398
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Human beings; Travel; Migrations; Human evolution
Description: Alice Roberts has been travelling the world in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive.
Notes: TV tie-in.

Includes bibliographical references and index.