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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

By Bryan Sykes

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| Hardcover | 9780393020182

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Book Description

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 beinContinue

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My mum's older than your mum

The Seven Daughters of Eve Bryan Sykes Bantam Press £18.99, pp306 Buy it at a discount at BOL Here is a simple tip for women wanting to establish a dynasty of their own: make sure you have at least two daughters, and hope this tendency to have female ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

Boy’s Own

Until recently, the study of human prehistory relied on the material collected by archaeologists and palaeontologists. Bones, stones and pottery are not the only evidence now available to prehistorians, however: the DNA of living humans contains a re ... (read full critics)

lrb published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

1 Review

At times really hard to follow. The first part is very technical but reveals a lot of interesting points about the origins of the Polynesians, the second part of the book is a little weak IMO and fictional...

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