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Awesome book - [13 Jul 2009]
Awesome book This is the best book I have read in years. It is nonfiction, science and thrilling.
www.amazon.com/review/R2SSCPT6YD...
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Fluff & Wander - [24 Jun 2009]
This is NOT a well written book. Sykes throws in all manner of non-related commentary which has no bearing on the science of DNA. The last two chapters I didn't bother to read because it's shear speculation about the lives of these early women, and personal...
has no bearing on the science of DNA. The last two chapters I didn't bother to read because...
www.amazon.com/review/R3L5HBBTUW...
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Inside..Outside - [03 Jun 2009]
This book's premise and conclusion is too similar to "Mapping Human History" (race is a social construct with no biological basis) for me to like, but it's chapters on basic biology and population genetics are informative for the lay reader. And it was...
construct with no biological basis) for me to like, but it's chapters on basic biology...
www.amazon.com/review/R2SIWPZ0NX...
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He's clearly no biologist - [21 Apr 2009]
All you really need to know in order to gauge the accuracy of the research in this book is that Sykes, an Oxford professor of genetics, actually accepts (and repeats) as fact the myth about women suspending their menstrual cycles and being unable to ovulate...
that Sykes, an Oxford professor of genetics, actually accepts (and repeats) as fact the myth...
www.amazon.com/review/R39LZJR2R...
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Hard Biogentic Science for the Layman - [20 Apr 2009]
This was my first Bryan Sykes book, and I went on to read his entire set of works. Bryan approaches what can be a very dry technical subject in a concise, entertaining way. He's quickly become one of my favorite authors. Many have complained that the ...
what can be a very dry technical subject in a concise, entertaining way. He's quickly...
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Who is Your Mommy? - [28 May 2008]
I read this book because I had read about National Geographic's Genome Project including the book by the Project Director Spencer Wells. I wanted to learn more on the subject and get other points of view.
The first part of Sykes' book is the most interesting...
book by the Project Director Spencer Wells. I wanted to learn more on the subject and get...
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Gen - [27 Oct 2003]
As a biology teacher, I found this book very interesting. It will be a required reading for my students for our unit in genetics.
my students for our unit in genetics.
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An entertaining look at human genetic history - [17 Jul 2003]
Bryan Sykes, one of the pioneers of using genetics to decipher human history and migrations, gives us a very readable introduction to the use of genes passed down through females to track human origins. His research showed that almost everyone living ...
gives us a very readable introduction to the use of genes passed down through females to...
www.amazon.com/review/R22MM49Z2...
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Exposing our roots - [02 May 2003]
While some look to the impact of molecular genetics on the future, Sykes uses this science to view our past in a novel and refreshing way. He takes us on a global tour of various peoples and their histories in an attempt to trace the roots of human migration...
to view our past in a novel and refreshing way. He takes us on a global tour of various peoples...
www.amazon.com/review/R3SDGXI2XELWPW...
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Book is good but an ego trip - [14 Mar 2003]
Let me explain somethings good about the book.It offers good, informative info about the Neanderthals not being our direct ancestors (but this is the second weakest of it's good points as the fact that neanderthals aren't anywhere in our direct background...
not being our direct ancestors (but this is the second weakest of it's good points...
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