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 summo[...]
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. B[...]
In 54BC, Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where had they come from and how long had they been there? This work takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reve[...]
The author of The Seven Daughters of Eve turns his sights on the United States, one of the most genetically variegated countries in the world. From the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo, Bryan Sykes takes us on an historical genetic tour, interviewin[...]
Forfatteren gir en beskrivelse av sin pionerforskning på et bemerkelsesverdig gen som nedarves fra mor til datter, og som forblir uendret fra generasjon til generasjon. Ved å undersøke DNA-prøver fra hele verden, kommer han frem til at de aller fleste kvinner med europeisk opprinnelse nedstammer[...]