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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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Table of Contents:
  • Iceman's relative found in Dorset
  • So, what is DNA and what does it do?
  • From blood groups to genes
  • Special messenger
  • Tsar and I
  • Puzzle of the Pacific
  • Greatest voyagers
  • First Europeans
  • Last of the Neanderthals
  • Hunters and farmers
  • We are not amused
  • Cheddar man speaks
  • Adam joins the party
  • Seven daughters
  • Ursula
  • Xenia
  • Helena
  • Velda
  • Tara
  • Katrine
  • Jasmine
  • World
  • Sense of self.

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