From Eve, the earliest known hominid, discovered in Africa, geneticist Sykes traces a genetic linkage to 7 prehistoric European women. He names the 7 women he found in the unbroken maternal line and extrapolates probable lives for them.
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ISBN: 0393020185
Physical Description:x, 306 p. ; 25 cm.print
Edition:1st American ed.
Publisher:New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2001.
General Note: "The science that reveals our genetic ancestry"--Cover.Maps on endpapers.Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.