by Bryan Sykes
I really want to read The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry now!I always wish that I could write an amazing review, but it never seems to work out that way. The first 6 chapters (aside from chapter one, which was about the author's Y chromosome and family history ...
First thing first, I don't have a scientific background. I majored in human sciences (History and English Lit & Civilisation), and the only classes I've ever had about genetics were in my sophomore year in high school. Yet the subject holds quite some interest for me, and I was glad that I managed t...
Most of the book is a very interesting discussion of genetic research focusing on the male Y chromosome. In the later part of the book the author explores his controversial thesis that males are ultimately doomed because of the inability of the Y chromosome to repair itself through recombination. ...
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