Bryan Sykes

Broschiertes Buch

The Seven Daughters Of Eve

Beschreibung

But what made the story particularly extraordinary was that Professor Sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the Ice Man, a woman living in Britain today. How was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?

Autor

is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, has had a remarkable scientific career in genetics. After undertaking medical research into the causes of inherited bone disease, he set out to discover if DNA, the genetic material, could possibly survive in ancient bones. It did and he was the first to report on the recovery of ancient DNA from archaeological bone in the journal "Nature" in 1989. Since then Professor Sykes has been called in as the leading international authority to examine several high profile cases, such as the Ice Man, Cheddar Man and the many individuals claiming to be surviving members of the Russian Royal Family. Alongside this, he and his research team have over the last ten years compiled by far the most complete DNA family tree of our species yet seen.He has always emphasised the importance of the individual in shaping our genetic world. The website www.oxfordancestors.com offers people the chance to find out for themselves, from a DNA sample, where they fit in. As well as a scientist, Bryan Sykes has been a television news reporter and a parliamentary science adviser. He is the author of The Seven Daughters of Eve and Adam's Curse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gorgi Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 500160
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 257g
• ISBN-13: 9780552152181
• ISBN-10: 0552152188
• Artikelnr.: 20822876

Rezensionen

A terrific book, written with humour and humanity The Sunday Times