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Spencer Wells is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell University. He leads the Genographic Project, which is collecting and analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples from people around the world in order to decipher how our ancestors populated the planet. Wells received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and conducted postdoctoral work at Stanford and Oxford. He has written three books, The Journey of Man, Deep Ancestry, and Pandora's Seed. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, a documentary filmmaker.
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    • Pandora's Seed

    • The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
    • Written by: Spencer Wells
    • Narrated by: Spencer Wells
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2010-06-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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