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Adam's Curse by Bryan Sykes
Category: Non-Fiction
Genetically speaking, the only difference between men and women is that where women have two X chromosomes, men have one X and one Y. It is surprising that one chromosome difference out of our total of forty-six can have such an important consequence, but it does. Is this relatively small genetic varian ...Show more
Adam's Curse - A future without men by Bryan Sykes
Category: unmapped
Genetically speaking, the big difference between men and women is that where women have two X chromosomes, men have one X and one Y. It is surprising that one chromosome difference out of our total of twenty-six can have such an important consequence, but it does. Is this relatively small genetic varian ...Show more
Blood of the Isles : Exploring the Genetic Roots of Our Tribal History by Bryan Sykes
Category: Science
Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today. In 54BC, Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celt ...Show more
Blood of the Isles : Exploring the genetic roots of our tribal history by Bryan Sykes
Category: Science & Natural History
Exploringthe genetic roots of Britain and Ireland. Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today.In 54BC Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britai ...Show more
Nature of the Beast by Bryan Sykes
Category: History
Almost, but not quite human, the yeti and its counterparts from wild regions of the world, still exert a powerful atavistic influence on us. Is the yeti just a phantasm of our imagination, or is it a real creature? A survivor from our own savage ancestry? This is the mystery that Bryan Sykes set out to ...Show more
The Nature of the Beast: The First Genetic Evidence on the Survival of Apemen, Yeti, Bigfoot and Other Mysterious Creatures into Modern Times by Bryan Sykes
Category: Science
Professor Bryan Sykes, the world's leading expert on human genetics, set a goal to locate and analyse as many DNA samples as possible with links to the yeti. In doing so, he found himself entering a strange world of mystery and sensationalism, fraud and obsession and even the supernatural. Protected by ...Show more
The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
Category: Science
In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of the discovery of the Ice Man and his age, which was put at over five thousand years old, fascinated the world. But w ...Show more
The Wolf Within: A Genetic History of Man's Best Friend by Professor Bryan Sykes
Category: Animals & Nature
The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the astonishing range of comparatively docile domesticated dogs that we know today. Sykes paints a vivid picture of the dog as an ancient and essential ally. While undoubtedly it was the ...Show more
The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man's Best Friend by Professor Bryan Sykes
Category: Science
The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co-evolution of two species, man and wolf, to each other's mutual benefit. But how did this ancient partnership begin? To answer this question, Professor Bryan Sykes identifies tantalising clues in the recently mapped genetic makeup of both ...Show more
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