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Seven Daughters of Eve

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Description for Seven Daughters of Eve Paperback. Professor Bryan Sykes provides a first-hand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.

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 Man, a woman living in Britain today.
How was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552152181
SKU
9780552152181
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Bryan Sykes
is 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 ... Read more

Reviews for Seven Daughters of Eve
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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Seven Daughters of Eve


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