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

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.935
EAN: 9780393020182
ISBN: 0393020185
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: July 09, 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 365565

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Product Description:
As Provocative as Stephen Jay Gould's The Mismeanure of Man and as controversial as E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology, The Seven Daughters of Eve offers a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics. After years of research that resulted in headlines across the world, Bryan Sykes, an Oxford University geneticist, now lays the foundation for an entirely new branch of the study of DNA. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site in Italy to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Sykes ultimately was able to prove not only that the man was a European but also that he has relatives living in England today. Sykes found a particular strand of DNA that passes unbroken through the maternal line, allowing us to trace our genetic make-up back to prehistoric times to seven primeval women, or the "seven daughters of Eve". This book is popular science at its best, and its scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come.

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- DNA Diva
I have worked at Genelex DNA Testing lab for 8 years and recommend this book to anyone with an interest in genealogy and DNA testing. It is a quick, fun read that illustrates what you can learn about your past from a simple DNA test.

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- Genetics, human migration and archeaological findings
Mr. Skyes narrates his lifetime investigations and his team's discoveries in genetics and merges them with his knowledge of history, archaeological findings (like pottery style and design) and human migrations. This part I found very interesting, although I know there are diverging opinions regarding the two main migrations that are described; in each of the two cases this book is an excellent account of one side of the debate. Mr. Skyes writes with such passion about his point of view and the wrongness of the other scientists, that it makes the story far more interesting and I am definitely compelled to read the other side of it.

The book explains in an easy to read and understandable way the basics of DNA markers and how we can trace our female ancestors through mitochondrial ... Read More

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- Who is Your Mommy?
I read this book because I had read about National Geographic's Genome Project including the book by the Project Director Spencer Wells. I wanted to learn more on the subject and get other points of view.

The first part of Sykes' book is the most interesting because he summarizes the major advances especially on the maternal side better than Wells without being too technical. The other book was shorter but more technical. Sykes really writes an informative book that takes us step by step through the advances in genetics following the mother's mitochondrial DNA in a kind of "gee whiz" manner about the dicoveries. I accepted that enthusiasm because he does tell you at the beginning that he is a scientist, but his writing is understandable. He elaborates on the scientific debates ... Read More

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- Eve
This book is great for the average person. What a way to explain our DNA & what was impressive to me was how he came about narrowing down our ancestors & particularly how we all are related back to Eve's children! I would love to know which one is my ancestral Mom! Mother's are special, and he makes us realize it more!

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- Fascinating on many levels
Bryan Sykes has an exceptionally clear and engaging writing style and he has lot of interesting material to share. I found this book very interesting on multiple levels:

a. Exceptionally interesting DNA case studies of the Hamsters, the last Russian Czars, the Polynesians and Europians in particular as well as other ones comparing Homo Sapiens (us) with the Neanderthals. As an aside - the history fo the hamsters described is very interesting - did you know that these are originally from Syria and that all the millions of pet hamsters living today are the direct descendants of a single feamle hamster that lived in 1930! This whole interesting story is one among many described in this interesting book.

b. Very good perspective from a top scientist - the incredible rigor ... Read More

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