The seven daughters of Eve /
Bryan Sykes.
- Norton Pbk ed.
- New York : Norton, 2002.
- x, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
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 -- Index.
Professor Bryan Sykes gives a firsthand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line.
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Human population genetics. Human evolution. Women--Anthropometry. Evolutionary genetics.