In this episode, Dr Alice Roberts’ journey continues into Asia, the world’s greatest land mass, in a quest to discover how early hunter-gatherers managed to survive in one of the most inhospitable places on earth, the Arctic region of Northern Siberia.
Alice also explores what may have occurred during early human migration to produce Asian physical characteristics, and considers a controversial claim about evolution; that the Chinese do not share the same African ancestry as other peoples. (59 min)
Totally fascinating, especially the idea that my ancestors might not have come from Africa; however, genetics can’t and don’t lie…
Indeed, I’m still amazed that we can read the complete DNA sequence and trace everyone’s genetic history. I find the idea that we all came from one source very comforting but makes war and conflict that much sadder.