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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
The Seven Daughters of Eve The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
Author: Bryan Sykes
The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women. One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780393020182
ISBN-10: 0393020185
Publication Date: 7/9/2001
Pages: 320
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Audio CD
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This book is much broader in scope than I had expected. The whole contentious debate over the reliability of mitochondrial DNA typing is here, as well as several very interesting historical accounts, including the discovery of the Iceman (frozen in the alps for several centuries) and the story of the recovery and identification of the remains of the Romanovs. Of course, the process of identifying the seven maternal ancestors of most European is here. Bryan Sykes demonstrates that he is also quite able as a historical fiction writer, as he invents the unknowable details of the lives of each of the seven based on the archeological evidence collected from the regions suggested by the genetic confluence. Overall, a well written and easily accessible book.
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