The Journey of Mankind Genetic Map explores the global migration of our ancestors using genetic evidence, headed by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer. Further research is required both in areas of the world where no studies have been carried out to date, and in the science of genetics itself. Funded in part by the Bradshaw Foundation, this emerging evidence reinforces the Genetic Map and is now being published in the leading scienftic journals.
Single, Rapid Coastal Settlement of Asia Revealed
by Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
by Vincent Macaulay et al
This recent paper published in 'Science' by Vincent Macaulay and an international team of researchers including Professor Stephen Oppenheimer, provides irrefutable evidence of the early timing and southern location of the only migration out of Africa to succeed and give rise to all modern non-African peoples. click here to read
The forgotten art of ancient Uzbekistan
by Andrzej Rozwadowski
Currently we know of more than 140 locations of rock art sites in the territory of Uzbekistan. The overwhelming majority of these are ‘petroglyphs’ (engraved or pecked images in stone) which spread up from the southern borders of the country to the north and across the Tien. Their presence in a variety of ecological zones points towards to cultural diversities and, to some extent, testifies to their antiquity; for instance, in arid areas people probably created them when the land was less drier than today. click here to read
