The Seven Daughters Of Eve
$29.71
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2004
Summary
A fascinating evaluation of our genetic origins.
In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of the discovery of the Ice Man and his age, which was put at over five thousand years old, fascinated the world. But what made the story particularly extraordinary was that Professor Sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the Ice …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552152181 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552152188 |
| Author: | Bryan Sykes |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
A terrific book, written with humour and humanity
A terrific book, written with humour and humanity * The Sunday Times *
An engrossing, bubbly read, a boy’s own adventure in scientific story-telling that fairly bounces along… a thumping good read * Observer *
Sykes’s wonderfully clear book should be compulsory reading for politicians… an eye-opening guide to the new branch of science that is changing the human race’s view of itself * Literary Review *
About The Author
Bryan Sykes
Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, has had a remarkable scientific career in genetics. After undertaking medical research into the causes of inherited bone disease, he set out to discover if DNA, the genetic material, could possibly survive in ancient bones. It did and he was the first to report on the recovery of ancient DNA from archaeological bone in the journal “Nature” in 1989. Since then Professor Sykes has been called in as the leading international authority to examine several high profile cases, such as the Ice Man, Cheddar Man and the many individuals claiming to be surviving members of the Russian Royal Family.
Alongside this, he and his research team have over the last ten years compiled by far the most complete DNA family tree of our species yet seen. He has always emphasised the importance of the individual in shaping our genetic world.
As well as a scientist, Bryan Sykes has been a television news reporter and a parliamentary science adviser. He is the author of The Seven Daughters of Eve and Adam’s Curse.
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