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9780393323146

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393323146

  • ISBN10:

    0393323145

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-05-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

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 examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan Sykes ultimately was able to prove not only that the man was a European but also that he has living relatives in England today. In this lucid, absorbing account, Sykes reveals how the identification of a particular strand of DNA that passes unbroken through the maternal line allows scientists to trace our genetic makeup all the way back to prehistoric times, to seven primeval women, the Seven Daughters of Eve.

Author Biography

Bryan Sykes is professor of genetics at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University

Table of Contents

Acknowlegements ix
Prologue 1(2)
Iceman's Relative Found in Dorset
3(19)
So, What is DNA and What Does It Do?
22(10)
From Blood Groups to Genes
32(20)
The Special Messenger
52(11)
The Tsar and I
63(16)
The Puzzle of the Pacific
79(17)
The Greatest Voyagers
96(12)
The First Europeans
108(8)
The Last of the Neanderthals
116(15)
Hunters and Farmers
131(15)
We Are Not Amused
146(23)
Cheddar Man Speaks
169(16)
Adam Joins the Party
185(10)
The Seven Daughters
195(7)
Ursula
202(11)
Xenia
213(8)
Helena
221(13)
Velda
234(9)
Tara
243(9)
Katrine
252(8)
Jasmine
260(11)
The World
271(16)
A Sense of Self
287(12)
Index 299

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