From \"The Journey of Man Movie: Genetic Odyssey, please answer all questions. 5

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From "The Journey of Man Movie: Genetic Odyssey, please answer all questions.

5. Where does Dr. Wells suggest that the ancestors of Europeans came from? Why did they move?

6. If Africa is the “cradle” of humanity, Dr. Wells suggests that central Asia was its “nursery”. What evidence does he offer to support this statement?

7. Who are the Chukchi? How and why did they get to be where they are? To whom are they related?

8. How does Wells suggest that the Chukchi stay warm?

9. How did Northeastern Siberian peoples get to the Western Hemisphere? What made it possible?

10 What have you learned about the length of time it takes for major phenotypic changes to become fixed in a population, when the population adapts to extreme environments (high altitude, cold, heat, UV radiation, etc.)?

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Ans 5) According to the book, the ancestors of Europeans came or originated from Central Asia. It is believed that all human beings descend from one single man who lived in Africa who was there around 60,000 years ago. As per the archaeological artifacts and genetic mutations, the humans come

Ans 6) “If Africa was the cradle of mankind, Central Asia was the nunnery” – He said this because he believed that the population of man tend to develop and expand from Africa to Central Asia. It was found that all the Europeans and other people came from Central Asia and hence it was the nursery where the population grew.

Ans 7) The Chukchi or Chukchee are indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula and shores of the Chukchi sea within the Russian Federation. They are ancient Arctic people and stay in the most freezing Northwest of Russia

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