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The seven daughters of Eve

From Eve, the earliest known hominid, discovered in Africa, geneticist Sykes traces a genetic linkage to 7 prehistoric European women. Sykes conveys the excitement and drama of his discovery of strands of DNA that passed unbroken through the maternal line. He names the 7 women he found in that line...

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Main Author: Sykes, Bryan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Human population genetics.
Human evolution.
Women > Anthropometry.
Evolutionary genetics.
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